hesitationn.

Brit.

/ˌhɛzᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌhɛzəˈteɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s hæs-.

Etymology: < Latin haesitātiōn-em, noun of action < haesitāre to hesitate v. Compare French hésitation (c1400 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. The action of hesitating; a pausing or delaying in deciding or acting, due to irresolution; the condition of doubt in relation to action.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun]

studyinglOE

orrathnessc1175

doubta1225

balance1297

were1303

doubtancec1325

unsickernessc1340

wilsomenessa1400

wonda1400

scriple?a1425

ambiguityc1425

diswerec1440

dubitationc1450

variation?1473

incertainty1483

doubting1486

doubtfulness1526

scrupulousness1526

scruple1548

uncertainty1548

disputation1549

irresolution1592

swithering1597

hesitance1601

incertitude1601

unpersuadedness1612

inassurance1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unsatisfaction1643

unsatisfiedness1646

dubitancy1649

insecurity1649

dispersuasion1653

unassuredness1660

scrupling1665

unconfidencea1670

swither1719

dubietyc1750

mank1808

suspense1816

dubitating1837

doubtingness1840

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 133 He did sadly, and constantly (without hesitation or varying..)stand to that hee had said.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 90 Without the least demur or haesitation.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. v. 378 She rejected it without hesitation.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 33 We have no hesitation in determining what is right and wrong.

b. with plural. An instance of this.

ΚΠ

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth Pref. sig. A6^v The Difficulties and Hæsitations of every one.

a. Embarrassed halting in utterance; stammering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering

stammering1357

wlafferinga1387

mammeringa1425

stuttingc1430

stackeringc1440

stotingc1440

tattling1481

staggering1565

manting1568

maffling1577

stuttering1595

buffing1600

stammeringness1637

titubation1641

balbuties1655

traulism1678

hesitation1709

hammering1731

hobbling1753

stammer1773

mant1801

stutter1843

Hottentotism1871

hesitatingness1890

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 5 I heard him send his Man of an Errand Yesterday without any Manner of Hesitation.

1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 16 Many clergymen..write in so diminutive a Manner..that they are hardly able to go on without perpetual Hesitations or extemporary Expletives.

b. hesitation-form, a sound or form, e.g.

/ɜː/, used deliberately or accidentally when faltering or stammering in speech. So hesitation-vowel, etc. Cf. er int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering > sound or form used in

hum1469

hick1607

ha1612

hack1660

haw-haw1838

hesitation-form1933

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 186 When a speaker hesitates, English and some other languages offer special parenthetic hesitation-forms, as [ə:] or [ε] in Mr. —ah—Sniffen.

1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. v. 122 He may even inflict indeterminate hesitation-forms[ə:] or [ɑ:] upon his suffering hearers.

1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 11 i. 36 This is often called the ‘hesitation vowel’ although it is not a vowel qua vowel at all.

3. In full hesitation waltz also valse: a variety of waltz, characterized by the hesitation step (see quot. 1919). Also figurative. So hesitation-valse (nonce-word) v. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz > types of waltz

slow waltz1804

Viennese waltz1842

trois-temps1859

deux-temps1860

old-fashioned waltz1863

Boston1879

hesitation1914

1914 ‘V. Castle’ Mod. Dancing iv. 71 It is the Hesitation Waltz.

1918 J. M. Grider War Birds 29 Jan. (1927) 71 It's a long jump from the Boston and the hesitation to the giant swing, but we had them all fox-trotting in no time.

1919 E. Scott All about Latest Dances 86 As you lift the left foot..from the floor, count a short one, two; and on three drag the other foot along the floor, bringing it over in front of the first foot, which is by this time on the floor... That is the hesitation step.

1920 A. M. Cree Ball-room Dancing 41 The Hesitation Valse is a variety of the true valse that can very easily be performed once the valse is known.

1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want v. §2 For over four hours a mixed multitude..had one-stepped, two-stepped, hesitation-valsed, and fox-trotted.

1927 Daily Express 31 Oct. 11/6 The foxtrot, tango, and the hesitation.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 364/1 During the first world war..the occasional waltzes..were danced with a slight hesitation movement.

1972 R. Mayne Europeans v. 136 Britain's slow hesitation waltz with European unity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hesitation
释义	hesitationn. Brit. /ˌhɛzᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌhɛzəˈteɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s hæs-. Etymology: < Latin haesitātiōn-em, noun of action < haesitāre to hesitate v. Compare French hésitation (c1400 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. The action of hesitating; a pausing or delaying in deciding or acting, due to irresolution; the condition of doubt in relation to action. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] studyinglOE orrathnessc1175 doubta1225 balance1297 were1303 doubtancec1325 unsickernessc1340 wilsomenessa1400 wonda1400 scriple?a1425 ambiguityc1425 diswerec1440 dubitationc1450 variation?1473 incertainty1483 doubting1486 doubtfulness1526 scrupulousness1526 scruple1548 uncertainty1548 disputation1549 irresolution1592 swithering1597 hesitance1601 incertitude1601 unpersuadedness1612 inassurance1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unsatisfaction1643 unsatisfiedness1646 dubitancy1649 insecurity1649 dispersuasion1653 unassuredness1660 scrupling1665 unconfidencea1670 swither1719 dubietyc1750 mank1808 suspense1816 dubitating1837 doubtingness1840 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 133 He did sadly, and constantly (without hesitation or varying..)stand to that hee had said. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 90 Without the least demur or haesitation. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. v. 378 She rejected it without hesitation. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 33 We have no hesitation in determining what is right and wrong. b. with plural. An instance of this. ΚΠ 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth Pref. sig. A6^v The Difficulties and Hæsitations of every one. 2. a. Embarrassed halting in utterance; stammering. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering stammering1357 wlafferinga1387 mammeringa1425 stuttingc1430 stackeringc1440 stotingc1440 tattling1481 staggering1565 manting1568 maffling1577 stuttering1595 buffing1600 stammeringness1637 titubation1641 balbuties1655 traulism1678 hesitation1709 hammering1731 hobbling1753 stammer1773 mant1801 stutter1843 Hottentotism1871 hesitatingness1890 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 5 I heard him send his Man of an Errand Yesterday without any Manner of Hesitation. 1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 16 Many clergymen..write in so diminutive a Manner..that they are hardly able to go on without perpetual Hesitations or extemporary Expletives. b. hesitation-form, a sound or form, e.g. /ɜː/, used deliberately or accidentally when faltering or stammering in speech. So hesitation-vowel, etc. Cf. er int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering > sound or form used in hum1469 hick1607 ha1612 hack1660 haw-haw1838 hesitation-form1933 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 186 When a speaker hesitates, English and some other languages offer special parenthetic hesitation-forms, as [ə:] or [ε] in Mr. —ah—Sniffen. 1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. v. 122 He may even inflict indeterminate hesitation-forms[ə:] or [ɑ:] upon his suffering hearers. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 11 i. 36 This is often called the ‘hesitation vowel’ although it is not a vowel qua vowel at all. 3. In full hesitation waltz also valse: a variety of waltz, characterized by the hesitation step (see quot. 1919). Also figurative. So hesitation-valse (nonce-word) v. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz > types of waltz slow waltz1804 Viennese waltz1842 trois-temps1859 deux-temps1860 old-fashioned waltz1863 Boston1879 hesitation1914 1914 ‘V. Castle’ Mod. Dancing iv. 71 It is the Hesitation Waltz. 1918 J. M. Grider War Birds 29 Jan. (1927) 71 It's a long jump from the Boston and the hesitation to the giant swing, but we had them all fox-trotting in no time. 1919 E. Scott All about Latest Dances 86 As you lift the left foot..from the floor, count a short one, two; and on three drag the other foot along the floor, bringing it over in front of the first foot, which is by this time on the floor... That is the hesitation step. 1920 A. M. Cree Ball-room Dancing 41 The Hesitation Valse is a variety of the true valse that can very easily be performed once the valse is known. 1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want v. §2 For over four hours a mixed multitude..had one-stepped, two-stepped, hesitation-valsed, and fox-trotted. 1927 Daily Express 31 Oct. 11/6 The foxtrot, tango, and the hesitation. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 364/1 During the first world war..the occasional waltzes..were danced with a slight hesitation movement. 1972 R. Mayne Europeans v. 136 Britain's slow hesitation waltz with European unity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622
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