overscrupulous

[oh-ver-skroo-pyuh-luhs]

adjective

1. excessively scrupulous.

Other Word Forms

• overscrupulously adverb
• overscrupulousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overscrupulous¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + scrupulous

Example Sentences

Overscrupulous, ō-vėr-skroop′ū-lus, adj. scrupulous to excess.—n.

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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.

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Tush—man!" said Sir Hugh; "this is to be overscrupulous.

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Most men would aver that he was overscrupulous, a man often rendered impotent by the severity of his own dedication.

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News organs in Mexico City were incensed last week at the act of an overscrupulous policeman who forcibly separated one Se�or G. D. de Orihuela from his wife, as they were vigorously embracing in a public place.

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