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Definition of Overscrupulous
1. a. Scrupulous to excess.
Definition of Overscrupulous
1. Adjective. Excessively scrupulous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overscrupulous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overscrupulous
Literary usage of Overscrupulous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parody in Jewish Literature by Israel Davidson (1907)
"Rabbi Peddler said there are two secrets: Any customer who j ays his debts to a
peddler is overscrupulous, and any • peddler who pays his debts to the ..."
2. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1910)
"Do you know the kind of lad who has an overscrupulous conscience as to whether
one needs to be baptized or not, as to whether this or that is the right ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: The Text in the by Adam Clarke, Daniel Curry (1884)
"The overscrupulous Jew became an ascetic by compulsion. ... Of these overscrupulous
Jews some had become converts to the Gospel, and with neither the ..."
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