cunctation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
cunctation (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio Society 2007, p. 428:
- celerity should always be contempered with cunctation.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio Society 2007, p. 428:
[edit] Translations
delay, hesitation, procrastination
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