cunctation
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcunctation (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
editTranslations
editdelay, hesitation, procrastination
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