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cunctative

cunctative adjective: inclined to delay.

Adjective

cunctative (comparative more cunctative, superlative most cunctative)

  1. (rare) Inclined to delay
    • He knows that when properly developed his country will be one of the richest in the world, yet even when he is filled with such ideas he is just as cunctative as he has ever been.1911, Edwin Dingle, Across China on Foot

Forms of cunctative

comparativemore cunctative
superlativemost cunctative

Origin of cunctative

From Latin cunctari (“to delay”), + -ive.

Questions about cunctative

What does cunctative mean?
Cunctative means inclined to delay.
What part of speech is cunctative?
Cunctative is an adjective.

Words near cunctative in the dictionary

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

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