delayer

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noun

One who delays.

OriginEnglish layer ← Middle English leyen ← Old English leċġan →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

delayer1

noundelayer (plural delayers)

plural delayers

  1. One who delays.
  2. A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable

delayer2

verbdelayer (third-person singular simple present delayers, present participle delayering, simple past and past participle delayered)

present singular third person delayers · participle present delayering · participle past delayered · past delayered

  1. transitiveTo remove layers from; to strip away levels from.

    I've put on every item of clothing I packed in about eight layers. […] Slowly as the morning wore on and I built up a sweat, I de-layered myself. Now I'm down to just two layers of clothing, including two pairs of gloves and socks.

    2015, Elle Casey, Love in New York: Book 2 (Cabin Fever)

Origin

delayer · noun

From delay + -er.

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delayer · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  11. Old Englishleċġan
  12. Middle Englishleyen
  13. Englishlay
  14. Englishlayer
  15. Englishdelayer

From de- + layer.

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Translations

Latin cunctātor, tergiversātor
  • cunctātorone who delays
  • tergiversātorone who delays

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

layeredRyedaleEardleyArdeleyredelay
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“delayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delayer.

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