Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 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.
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.