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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Skrupel, from Latin scrūpulus.
Noun
skrupel c
- scruple, qualm
- (historical) A Swedish unit of length at 29.7 µm, or 1⁄10 of a gran (“grain; 0.297 mm”).
- Coordinate terms: rev, stång, fot, decimaltum, nylinje, gran, skrupel
- (historical, pharmacy) A Swedish scruple at 1.237 g; 1⁄3 of a drakma (“drachm; 3,711 g”) or 20 gran (“grain; 61.85 mg”).
- Coordinate terms: liber, uns, drakma, skrupel, gran
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Ordinarily plural.
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