单词 | cunctation |
释义 | cunctation[ kuhngk-tey-shuhn ] / kʌŋkˈteɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cunctation ON THESAURUS.COM noundelay; tardiness. Origin of cunctation1575–85; <Latin cunctātiōn- (stem of cunctātiō) delay, equivalent to cunctāt(us) (past participle of cunctārī to delay) + -iōn--ion OTHER WORDS FROM cunctationcunc·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/, adjectiveWords nearby cunctationcumulus, cumulus clouds, Cuna, Cunard, Cunaxa, cunctation, cunctator, cuneal, cuneate, cuneate fasciculus, cuneate nucleus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cunctation
British Dictionary definitions for cunctationcunctation / (kʌŋkˈteɪʃən) / nounrare delay Derived forms of cunctationcunctative (ˈkʌŋktətɪv), adjectivecunctator, nounWord Origin for cunctationC16: 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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