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Definition: SCRUPULOSITY |
SCRUPULOSITYNoun1. The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision. |
Date "SCRUPULOSITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Scrupulosity \Scru`pu*los"i*ty\, noun. [Latin expression scrupulositas.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Excessive conscientiousness in small affairs as noted in some insane types. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Incredulity | Suspiciousness; Adjective: scrupulosity; suspicion; (unbelief). |
Probity | Punctilio, delicacy, nicety; scrupulosity, scrupulousness; Adjective: scruple; point, point of honor; punctuality. |
Unwillingness | Scrupulousness, scrupulosity; qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience; delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil; hesitation; (irresolution); fastidiousness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "SCRUPULOSITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SCRUPULOSITY" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SCRUPULOSITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skurpulozitet (minuteness), përpikëri (accuracy, exactness, fidelity, nicety, preciseness, precision, promptitude, thoroughness), ndershmëri (fair dealing, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, straightforwardness, truth, virtue), korrektësi (correctness, rectitude, sportsmanship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وسواس (haunt, obsession, scruple), شك (discount, discredit, dispute, doubt, fall under suspicion, incertitude, inkling, misgiving, odor, odour, qualms, query, question, scepticism, smell a rat, suspicion, unbelief, uncertainty, wonder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съвестност, прекалена съвестност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svìdomitost (care, conscientiousness, thoroughness), úzkostlivost (meticulousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | perfektionisme, patologisk noejeregnen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scrupulosity. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وسواس (Maggot, Obsession, Scape, Whim, Whimsy), دقت زیاد (Rigor, Solicitude), بیم (Awe, Care, Dread, Misgiving, Phobia, Qualm, Scare, Scruple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scrupulosité, scrupule (scruple, scruples), maladie du scrupule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bedenken (bethink, compunction, consider, consideration, consult, demur, doubt, mental reservation, misgiving, preconceive, qualm, qualms, reflect, reflect on, reflection, remember, reservation, scruple, scrupulousness, take into consideration, think, think about, think on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευσυνειδησία (conscientiousness, righteousness, scrupulousness), ακριβολογία (nicety, pricision, punctilio, scrupulousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lelkiismeretesség (conscientiousness, exactitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scrupolosit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upulosityscray escrupulosidade. (various references) scrupulozitate (delicacy, nicety, scrupulousness), minuţiozitate (scrupulousness), migalã (carefulness, scrupulousness), grijã (alarm, anxiety, attention, care, carefulness, charge, chariness, conscientiousness, custody, deliberation, foresight, harassment, mindfulness, neatness, observance, painstaking, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, worriment, worry), conştiinciozitate (conscientiousness, scrupulousness). (various references) щепетильность (punctilio, punctiliousness), добросовестность (bona fides, scrupulousness). (various references) obzirnost. (various references) reflexionar (consider, debate, deliberate, doubts, meditate, ponder, reflect, reflect on, scrupulousness, think, think about, think over). (various references) чесність (fair dealing, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness, uprightness), точність (accuracy, appropriateness, correctness, exactitude, exactness, explicitness, fidelity, justness, nicety, preciseness, precision, rigor, rigour, sensibility, veracity), бездоганність (immaculacy, impeccability, scrupulousness), делікатність (canniness, lightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"SCRUPULOSITY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scurpulosity, scurupulosity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SCRUPULOSITY" (pronounced 'Scru`pu*los"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability, Alterity, Alternity, Amability, Ambidexterity, Ambiguity, Amenability, Amenity, Amiability, Amicability, Amissibility, Amity, Amorosity, Amovability, Anaplasty, Anfractuosity, Anglicity, Angularity, Angulosity, Anility, Animality, Animosity, Annuity, Annularity, Anonymity, Anteriority, Antiquity, Anxiety, Appetibility, Applicability, Apprehensibiity, Approachability, Appropinquity, Apriority, Aqueity, Aquosity, Aridity, Artificiality, Asininity, Asperity, Assiduity, Assignability, Assimilability, Associability, Astucity, Atomicity, Atrocity, Attainability, Attractability, Attractivity, Audacity, Audibility, Austerity, Authenticity, Authority, Autoplasty, Autostability, availability, Avidity, Banality, Barbarity, Basicity, Batty, BEAUTY, Benignity, Bestiality, Betty, Bibacity, Biblicality, Biformity, Bilaterality, Biplicity, Bipolarity, Bolty, Booty, BOUNTY, Brevity, Bridalty, Brutality, Butty, Caducity, Calamity, Calidity, Caliginosity, Callidity, Callosity, Caloricity, Canonicity, Canthoplasty, Canty, Capability, Capacity, Capillarity, Captivity, Cariosity, Carnality, Carnivoracity, Carnosity, Casualty, Catholicity, Catty, Causality, Cavity, Cecity, Celebrity, Celerity, Centrality, Centricity, Cerebricity, Certainty, Champerty, Changeability, Charity, Chastity, Cheiloplasty, Christianity, Circuity, Circularity, Circumstantiality, Civillty, Clandestinity, Clarity, Clericity, Clivity, Clotty, Coactivity, Coagulability, Coequality, Coessentiality, Coeternity, Cogitability, Cognoscibility, Cohesibility, Collectivity, Colloidality, Columnarity, Combustibility, Comicality, Comity, Commensality, Commensurability, Commodity, Commonalty, Commonty, Communicability, Community, Commutability, Compaternity, Compatibility, Complexity, Complicity, Comprehensibility, Compressibility, Concavity, Concentricity, Conceptibility, Concinnity, Condensability, Condignity, Conditionality, Conducibility, Conductibility, Conductivity, Confinity, Confluxibility, Conformability, Conformity, Confraternity, Confusability, Congeniality, Congruity, Conicality, Conjugality, Connaturality, Connubiality, Consanguinity, Consentaneity, Conspectuity, Conspicuity, Constitutionality, Consubstantiality, Contemporaneity, Contemptibility, Contiguity, Continuity, Contractibility, Contractility, Contrariety, Controllability, Conventionality, Convertibility, Convexity, Convicinity, Conviviality, Cordiality, Coreplasty, Corporality, Corporeality, Corporeity, Corrigibility, Corrodibility, Corrosibility, Corruptibility, Cosurety, Cotqueanity, County, Credibility, Credulity, Criminality, Crinosity, Crocodility, Crudity, Cruelty, Cullibility, Culpability, Cupidity, Curability, Curiality, Curiosity, Curvilinearity, Curvity, Cutty, Cylindricity, Cytty, Damnability, Debility, Debonairity, Deceptivity, Deciduity, Declivity, Deducibility, Defectibility, Defectuosity, Defensibility, Deflagrability, Deformity, Deiformity, Deity, Demisability, Democraty, Demonstrability, Demurity, Density, Deplorability, Depravity, Deputy, Descendibility, Desirability, Despicability, Destructibility, Deteriority, Determinability, Detestability, Devexity, Devotionality, Dexterity, Dextrality, Diaphaneity, Dibasicity, Dicacity, Didacticity, Difficulty, Difformity, Diffusibility, Diffusivity, Digestibility, Dignity, Dilatability, Dimensity, Dimity, Disability, Disassiduity, Discommodity, Discommunity, Disconformity, Discongruity, Discontinuity, Discoverability, Disensanity, Disformity, Dishonesty, Disingenuity, Disloyalty, Disparity, Disproperty, Disputacity, Disquantity, Disreputability, Disrespectability, Dissimilarity, Dissipativity, Dissociability, Dissolubility, Dissolvability, Distensibility, Disunity, Diuturnity, Diversifiability, Diversity, Divinity, Divisibility, Docility, Docity, Domesticity, Dotty, Doty, Doughty, Drasty, Duality, Dubiety, Dubiosity, Ductility, Duplicity, Durability, Durity, Duty, Dynasty, Ebriety, Ebriosity, Eccentricity, Edacity, Edibility, Educability, Efficacity, Effumability, Egality, Egoity, Elasticity, Electorality, Elementality, Elementarity, Eligibility, Ellipticity, Emotivity, Empty, Enmity, Enomoty, Enormity, Entierty, Entirety, Entity, Ephoralty, Epulosity, Equability, Equality, Equanimity, Equilibrity, Equity, Erectility, Essentiality, Eternity. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-l-o-p-r-s-s-t-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: spuriously. | |
-3 letters: curiously, sculptors. | |
-4 letters: copyists, croupily, crustily, culprits, luscious, lustrous, oculists, polyuric, pursuits, pyritous, ructious, rusticly, sculptor, slipouts, sportily, spurious, systolic. | |
-5 letters: citrous, citrusy, copyist, courtly, crisply, crossly, crusily, cryptos, culprit, cuprous, curious, lictors, locusts, lyrists, octuply, oculist, oilcups, piously, pistols, poultry, prosily, protyls, prussic, purists, pursily, pursuit, pyloric, pylorus, pyrosis, riposts, roupily, rustics, rustily, scripts, sculpts, slipout, sprouts, stupors, suitors, surplus, troilus, tropics, tsouris, upcoils, upcurls, upstirs. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-l-o-p-r-s-s-t-u-u-y" | |
+1 letter: scrumptiously. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 52 55 50 55 4C 4F 53 49 54 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .-. ..- .--. ..- .-.. --- ... .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01010010 01010101 01010000 01010101 01001100 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C R U P U L O S I T Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0052 0055 0050 0055 004C 004F 0053 0049 0054 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533752555055464953435459 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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