overscrupulous

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

Seeing that my unexpected proposition had roused her alarm, I grew wary and remarked: "I was always overscrupulous."

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.