overscrupulous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- overscrupulously adverb
- overscrupulousness noun
Etymology
Origin of overscrupulous
First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + scrupulous
Example Sentences
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Overscrupulous, ō-vėr-skroop′ū-lus, adj. scrupulous to excess.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
I have not been overscrupulous in this matter, for the essay is a mood rather than a form; the frontier between the essay and the short story is as imperceptible as is at present the once famous Mason and Dixon line.
From Project Gutenberg
Tush—man!" said Sir Hugh; "this is to be overscrupulous.
From Project Gutenberg
Most men would aver that he was overscrupulous, a man often rendered impotent by the severity of his own dedication.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember well, it was an actual triumph to me one day, as the Viceroy, a gay and dashing nobleman, not overscrupulous where the claim of beauty was present, stopped, with all his glittering staff, beside her carriage, and in playful raillery began to chide her for being absent from the last drawing-room.
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