Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square280fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPeople probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, and folks know “scruples” as a noun which some people have and some don’t, but “scruple” as a verb is a nice archaic version that I really like, which you don’t encounter much outside of, say, a Jane Austen novel.
“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
People probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
Yeah, and folks know “scruples” as a noun which some people have and some don’t, but “scruple” as a verb is a nice archaic version that I really like, which you don’t encounter much outside of, say, a Jane Austen novel.