cunctator
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- cunctatorship noun
Etymology
Origin of cunctator
1645–55; < Latin, equivalent to cunctā ( rī ) to delay + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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The foregoing is irrefutable evidence that the fool-killer is enacting the role of cunctator.
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But no one was ever more undecided than the famous cunctator.
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