a. rare. [f. L. cunctāt-, ppl. stem of cunctārī (see above) + -IVE.] = prec.
1617. Bacon, Sp. Chancery, Wks. XIII. 189. I confess I have somewhat of the cunctative.
1860. Motley, Netherl., I. ii. 54. ‘Fabius’ [Philip II.] … that cunctative Roman.
