cunctation
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
cunctation (countable and uncountable, plural cunctations)
- (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:
Derived terms
Translations
delay, hesitation, procrastination
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