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cunctator PRONUNCIATION: (kungk-TAY-tuhr)

MEANING: noun: One who hesitates; a procrastinator or delayer.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cunctari (to hesitate, delay). Earliest documented use: 1654.

USAGE: "No cunctator, James quickly provided his wife with the surefire ammunition to divorce him -- adultery."

Richard Kepler Brunner; With Marriage Penalty, It Can Pay to Get Divorced; The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Oct 3, 1999.

See more usage examples of cunctator in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



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