Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1352arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square305fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months ago“scruple” as a verb, meaning “hesitate due to conscience”.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoPeople probably know a word based on it, unscrupulous, meaning having or showing no moral principles
minus-squareFloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 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.