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cunctator
[ kuhngk-tey-ter ]
noun
- a procrastinator; delayer.
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Other Words From
- cunc·tator·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cunctator1
1645–55; < Latin, equivalent to cunctā ( rī ) to delay + -tor -tor
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Example Sentences
Fabius Cunctator, or the Delayer, so called from the policy of delay which he opposed to the vigorous movements of Hannibal.
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He fought again at Cannae, and was, with the son of old Fabius Cunctator, among the very few young officers who escaped alive.
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Hence he received that new name, so salutary to the commonwealth, of Cunctator, or Delayer.
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But no one was ever more undecided than the famous cunctator.
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He was justly compared to Fabius Maximus, distinguished by the epithet of Cunctator.
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