[L., agent-n. f. cunctārī to delay.] One who acts tardily, a delayer. Hence Cunctatorship (nonce-wd.).
1654. Hammond, Fundamentals, Wks. I. 494 (R.). Being unwilling to discourage such cunctators, [they] always keep them in good hope.
1883. Sat. Rev., 25 Aug., 229/1. The part of Cunctator has often … been played by weak Governments.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VIII. XIX. i. 111. Cunctatorship is not now the trade needed; there is nothing to be made of playing Fabius-Cunctator.
