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单词 procrastinative
释义

procrastinativeadj.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈkrastᵻnətɪv/, U.S. /prəˈkræstəˌneɪdɪv/, /proʊˈkræstəˌneɪdɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōcrāstināt- , prōcrāstināre , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōcrāstināt-, past participial stem of prōcrāstināre procrastinate v. + -ive suffix. Compare procrastinating adj., procrastinatory adj.
That tends to procrastinate; of the nature of procrastination.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective]
tarryingc1386
delayous1469
oversettingc1485
dilator1503
tarrysome1513
lingeringa1547
deferringc1565
delaying1576
dilatory1581
driving1585
protractive1596
tarrowinga1598
delayful1600
protracting1600
cunctative1617
suspensivea1623
remorala1625
Penelopeana1627
demurrant1633
remorating1638
retarding1654
tardative1666
temporizing1801
procrastinative1824
tomorrowing1824
procrastinatory1839
postponing1852
cunctatory1862
cunctatious1864
traa dy liooar1878
suspensory1884
off-putting1894
1824 Examiner 289/2 The number of merely procrastinative suits..swells the number of cases decided.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. ix. 126 Whatever the answer... Negative, procrastinative, affirmative, to me it shall be zero.
1930 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 8 Sept. 4/8 She is not lazy, but procrastinative, and works best under pressure.
1979 Amer. Speech 54 78 On ‘Query: Feel Like That’ (p. 101), I submit that there is no ‘double conjunction’ here, only the colloquial use of the ‘hesitant’ or ‘procrastinativelike.
1997 J. D. Caputo Deconstruction in Nutshell vi. 179 There is nothing procrastinative about deconstructive expectation.

Derivatives

procrastinativeness n. Obsolete rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]
longingeOE
bideOE
abodec1225
bodea1300
demura1300
dwella1300
litinga1300
delayc1300
delayingc1300
demurrancec1300
but honec1325
without ensoignec1325
abidec1330
dretchingc1330
dwellingc1330
essoinc1330
tarrying1340
litea1350
delaymenta1393
respitea1393
oversettinga1398
delayancea1400
delitea1400
lingeringa1400
stounding?a1400
sunyiea1400
targea1400
train?a1400
deferring14..
dilation14..
dayc1405
prolongingc1425
spacec1430
adjourningc1436
retardationc1437
prolongation?a1439
training1440
adjournment1445
sleuthingc1450
tarry1451
tarriance1460
prorogation1476
oversetc1485
tarriage1488
debaid1489
supersedement1492
superseding1494
off-putting1496
postponing1496
tract1503
dilating1509
sparinga1513
hafting1519
sufferance1523
tracking1524
sticking1525
stay1530
pause1532
protraction1535
tracting1535
protract of time1536
protracting1540
postposition1546
staying1546
procrastination1548
difference1559
surceasing1560
tardation1568
detract1570
detracting1572
tarryment1575
rejourning1578
detraction1579
longness1579
rejournment1579
holding1581
reprieving1583
cunctation1585
retarding1585
retardance1586
temporizing1587
by and by1591
suspensea1592
procrastinatinga1594
tardance1595
linger1597
forslacking1600
morrowing1602
recess1603
deferment1612
attendance1614
put-off1623
adjournal1627
fristing1637
hanging-up1638
retardment1640
dilatoriness1642
suspension1645
stickagea1647
tardidation1647
transtemporation1651
demurragea1656
prolatation1656
prolation1656
moration1658
perendination1658
offput1730
retardure1751
postponement1757
retard1781
traverse1799
tarrowing1832
mañana1845
temporization1888
procrastinativeness1893
deferral1895
traa dy liooar1897
stalling1927
heel-tapping1949
off-put1970
1893 G. B. Shaw Mus. in London (1932) III. 32 I have enough to do to struggle with the effects of my incorrigible procrastinativeness without being hampered by that of others as well.
1896 A. Trumble In Jail with Dickens iii. 105 An Act of Parliament..contested with the usual ponderous procrastinativeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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