scrupuleux
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin scrūpulōsus. By surface analysis, scrupule + -eux.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editscrupuleux (feminine scrupuleuse, masculine plural scrupuleux, feminine plural scrupuleuses)
- scrupulous, meticulous, painstaking (exactly and carefully conducted)
- Synonym: méticuleux
- scrupulous (having scruples or compunctions, having principles, having a conscience)
- peu scrupuleux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “scrupuleux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.