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单词 cunctation
释义

cunctation

[ kuhngk-tey-shuhn ]
/ kʌŋkˈteɪ ʃən /
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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/, adjective

Words nearby cunctation

cumulus, cumulus clouds, Cuna, Cunard, Cunaxa, cunctation, cunctator, cuneal, cuneate, cuneate fasciculus, cuneate nucleus
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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), adjectivecunctator, noun

Word Origin for cunctation

C16: from Latin cunctātiō a hesitation, from cunctārī to 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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