cunctation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cunctation (countable and uncountable, plural cunctations)
- (obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio Society, published 2007, page 428:
- The swiftest animal conjoined with a heavy body implies that common moral, festina lente; and that celerity should always be contempered with cunctation.
Synonyms
[edit]- dilation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]delay, hesitation, procrastination
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