Overscrupulous, ō-vėr-skroop′ū-lus, adj. scrupulous to excess.—n.

I have not been overscrupulous in this matter, for the essay is a mood rather than a form; the frontier between the essay and the short story is as imperceptible as is at present the once famous Mason and Dixon line.

Tush—man!" said Sir Hugh; "this is to be overscrupulous.

Most men would aver that he was overscrupulous, a man often rendered impotent by the severity of his own dedication.

News organs in Mexico City were incensed last week at the act of an overscrupulous policeman who forcibly separated one Se�or G. D. de Orihuela from his wife, as they were vigorously embracing in a public place.