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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