cunctatorn.
/kʌŋkˈteɪtə/ One who acts tardily, a delayer.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays
tarrier1382
delayer1509
postponer1533
prolonger1548
proroguer1551
deferrer1552
waiter upon God1592
procrastinator1607
temporizer1609
protracter1611
protractor1611
retarder1644
cunctator1654
adjourner1738
postponator1775
putter-off1803
tomorrower1810
offput1856
shelver1881
staller1937
1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion xviii. 209 Being unwilling to discourage such cunctators, [they] alwaies keep them up in good hope.
1883 Sat. Rev. 25 Aug. 229/1 The part of Cunctator has often..been played by weak Governments.
Derivatives
cuncˈtatorship n. (nonce-word).
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1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. i. 415 Cunctatorship is not now the trade needed; there is nothing to be made of playing Fabius-Cunctator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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