Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 hours ago“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoPeople probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 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.