Etymology

From Latin scrūpulus ‎(“uneasiness of mind, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple, literally a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce”), diminutive of scrūpus ‎(“a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˈkɾu.pu.lo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ˈkɾu.pu.lu/
• Hyphenation: es‧crú‧pu‧lo