cunctation
noun
cunc·ta·tion ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən 
: delay
cunctative
ˈkəŋ(k)-ˌtā-tiv
adjective -tə-tiv
Word History
Etymology
Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctari to hesitate; akin to Sanskrit śaṅkate he wavers, Old English hangian to hang
First Known Use
1585, in the meaning defined above
- primiparous
- primipilar
- primite
- primitiae
- primitial
- primitive
- primitive area
- primitive axis
- Primitive Baptist
- primitive church
- Primitive Friends
- primitive green
- Primitive Methodist
- primitive rocks
- primitive segment
- primitive streak
- primitive water
- primitively
- primitiveness
- primitivenesses
- primitives
- primitivism
- primitivisms
- primitivist
- primitivistic