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cunctatious

cunctatious adjective: tending to delay or linger.

Adjective

cunctatious (comparative more cunctatious, superlative most cunctatious)

  1. (formal) Tending to delay or linger.

Forms of cunctatious

comparativemore cunctatious
superlativemost cunctatious

Questions about cunctatious

What does cunctatious mean?
Cunctatious means tending to delay or linger.
What part of speech is cunctatious?
Cunctatious is an adjective.

Words near cunctatious in the dictionary

  1. cunca
  2. Cuncan
  3. cunch
  4. cunctation
  5. cunctations
  6. cunctatious
  7. cunctative
  8. cunctator
  9. cunctators
  10. cunctatorship
  11. cunctatory

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