cunctation
[ kuhngk-tey-shuh n ]
/ kʌŋkˈteɪ ʃən /
noun
delay; tardiness.
Origin of cunctation
1575–85; < Latin
cunctātiōn- (stem of
cunctātiō) delay, equivalent to
cunctāt(us) (past participle of
cunctārī to delay) +
-iōn-
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM cunctation
cunc·ta·tious, cunc·ta·to·ry [kuhngk-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈkʌŋk təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, cunc·ta·tive [kuhngk-tuh-tiv] /ˈkʌŋk tə tɪv/, adjectiveWords nearby cunctation
cumulus,
cumulus clouds,
cuna,
cunard,
cunaxa,
cunctation,
cunctator,
cuneal,
cuneate,
cuneate fasciculus,
cuneate nucleus
Example sentences from the Web for cunctation
Liegnitz itself, was not that (as many opine) a disaster due to cunctation, not of Loudon's?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for cunctation
cunctation
/ (kʌŋkˈteɪʃən) /
noun
rare
delay
Derived forms of cunctation
cunctative (ˈkʌŋktətɪv), adjective cunctator, nounWord Origin for cunctation
C16: from Latin
cunctātiō a hesitation, from
cunctārī to delay