skrupel

See also: Skrupel

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skrupel, from Latin scrūpulus.

Noun

skrupel c

1. scruple, qualm
2. (historical) A Swedish unit of length at 29.7 µm, or ¹⁄₁₀ of a gran (“grain; 0.297 mm”).

   Coordinate terms: rev, stång, fot, decimaltum, nylinje, gran, skrupel

3. (historical, pharmacy) A Swedish scruple at 1.237 g; ¹⁄₃ of a drakma (“drachm; 3,711 g”) or 20 gran (“grain; 61.85 mg”).

   Coordinate terms: liber, uns, drakma, skrupel, gran

Usage notes

Ordinarily plural.

Declension

Declension of skrupel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skrupel	skrupels
	definite	skrupeln	skrupelns
plural	indefinite	skrupler	skruplers
	definite	skruplerna	skruplernas

Derived terms

• skrupelfri

Related terms

• skrupulös

References

• skrupler in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skrupel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skrupel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)