scrupuleux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrūpulōsus. By surface analysis, scrupule +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʁy.py.lø/

Adjective

scrupuleux (feminine scrupuleuse, masculine plural scrupuleux, feminine plural scrupuleuses)

1. scrupulous, meticulous, painstaking (exactly and carefully conducted)

   Synonym: méticuleux

2. scrupulous (having scruples or compunctions, having principles, having a conscience)

   peu scrupuleux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• scrupuleusement

Further reading

• “scrupuleux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.