Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 13 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square131fedilinkarrow-up1175file-text
arrow-up1175message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 13 hours agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Floon@lemmy.mllinkfedilink8•7 hours ago“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 hours agoPeople probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
minus-square@Floon@lemmy.mllinkfedilink4•5 hours 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.