HESITANT Meaning of HESITANT in English ■ adjective slow to act or speak through indecision or reluctance.Derivativeshesitance nounhesitancy noun~ly adverb OriginME: from L. haesitant- , haesitare (see hesitate ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004