cunctative

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adjective

Inclined to delay

OriginLatin cunctari →
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Meanings

adjectivecunctative (comparative more cunctative, superlative most cunctative)

comparative more cunctative · superlative most cunctative

  1. rareInclined to delay

    He knows that when properly developed his country will be one of the richest in the world, yet even when he is filled with such ideas he is just as cunctative as he has ever been.

    1911, Edwin Dingle, Across China on Foot

Origin

  1. Latincunctari“to delay”
  2. Englishcunctative

From Latin cunctari (“to delay”), + -ive.

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APA

cunctative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cunctative

MLA

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Chicago

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