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cunctation

[ kuhngk-tey-shuhn ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. lateness; delay.


cunctation

/ kʌŋkˈteɪʃən; ˈkʌŋktətɪv /

noun

  1. rare.
    delay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲԳˈٲٴǰ, noun
  • cunctative, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲԳ·ٲtdzܲ ܲԳ·ٲ·ٴ· [kuhngk, -t, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], ܲԳ·ٲ·پ [kuhngk, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cunctation1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin ܲԳپō- (stem of ܲԳپō ) “delay,” equivalent to ܲԳ(ܲ) (past participle of ܲԳī “to delay”) + -ō- noun suffix; -ion
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cunctation1

C16: from Latin ܲԳپō a hesitation, from ܲԳī to delay
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Strive not to run, like Hercules, a furlong in a breath: festination may prove precipitation; deliberating delay may be wise cunctation, and slowness no slothfulness.

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For two days after Holstein's departure, Daun sat still, on his safe Northern shore; stirring nothing but his own cunctations and investigations, leaving the bombardment, or cannonade, to take its own course.

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The cause of failure may be considered to have been, in good part, Daun and his cunctations.

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But again, on the other or Pragmatic side, there were cunctations.

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But Prince Eugene's orders are express; remonstrances, cunctations only strengthen the determination of the High Heads or Head: Forward with this beautiful scheme!

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