cunctation

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Pronunciation

/kʌŋkˈteɪʃən/ (UK)

Definition of cunctation

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Delay, hesitation, procrastination.

“The swiftest animal conjoined with a heavy body implies that common moral, festina lente; and that celerity should always be contempered with cunctation.”

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Borrowed from Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).

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