— cunctatious, cunctatory /kungk"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , cunctative /kungk"teuh tiv/ , adj.
/kungk tay"sheuhn/ , n.
delay; tardiness.
[ 1575-85; cunctation- (s. of cunctatio ) delay, equiv. to cunctat ( us ) (ptp. of cunctari to delay) + -ion- -ION ]