Escropulo
noun
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- 1 A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g. historical
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Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese escrópulo, from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1/24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of scruple and escrupulo.
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