10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUNCTATION»
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cunctation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Autobiography of a Pennsylvanian
He took out his pencil and memorandum book and made ready, and I proceeded
: "Celerity ought to be con tempered with cunctation." "Won't you please repeat
what you said?" he asked. "Certainly. Celerity ought to be con tempered with ...
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, 1918
2
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Woodward. CUN, v. a. Ice. kunna ; Goth, kunntm. To have knowledge of ; to learn
thoroughly ; to direct the course of a ship. See Cond and Cund. CUNCTATION,
n.t. > Lat. cunctatio. De- Cuncta'tor, n. s. ) lay ; procrastination. One who has a ...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Woodward. CUN, V. a. Ice. hain/t ;< loth, kunnan. To have knowledge of; to learn
thoroughly; to direct the course of a ship. See Cond and Cund. CUNCTATION,
n.t. } Lat. cunctatio. De- Ctjncta'tor, n. t. Slay; procrastination. One who has a habit
...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New & Original Work of ...
celerity should always be contempered with cunctation." — Browne : Vulgar
Kmnirt. * Cunc'-ta-tlve, a. [Formed as if from a Lat. cunctatiens, from nuictatus, pa.
par. of cunctor.] Delaying, procrastinating, dilatory. " eftne-ta'-tdr, s. [Lat.] A
delayer, a ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Such a kind of Cunctation, Advisedness, and Procrastination, is allowable also in
all Councils of State and War. Howell, Letters, Ii. 17. Festina lente, . . . celerity
should always be contem- pered with cunctation. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
6
Universal Dictionary of the English Language: A New and ...
cunctation-—cunnin. gly. 1395 'cfi;fic-t5'- tion, s. [Lat. cunctcdto, from cunctor_= to
delay.] Delay, procrastination, dilatormess. “. . . celerity should always be
contempcred with cunctalion. '—Broume : Vulgar Erroun. * cfinc'-ta-tive, a. [
Formed as if ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Thomas Henry Huxley, 1897
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The encyclopædic dictionary. 7 vols. [in 14].
cunctation—. cunnin. gly. 611 1 cuñe - ta tlon, a. [Lat. cunctatio, from cuneior = to
delay.] Delay, procrastination, dilator! ness. **. . . celerity ahould Rlwaj-я he
contempered with <□""<-( (ftV.n, — MM ." Vulgar Xrrvurs. • CUnc'-ta-tlve, a. [
Formed ...
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The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of ...
cunctation—. cunningly. 611. * cunc ta tion, 8. [Lat. cunctatw, from cunctor^to
delay.] Delay, procrastination, dilatoriness. ". . . celerity ihould always be
contempered with ru not of »<m, "—Brown* : Vulgar Jtrrourt. * curie ta tlve, a. [
Formed as if ...
9
Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, lord chancellors ...
Lord Eldon, however, was personally answerable for unnecessary and culpable “
cunctation,” as he called it, in protracting the arguments of counsel and in
deferring judgment from day to day, from term to term, and from year to year, after
the ...
John Campbell, Mary Scarlett Campbell Hardcastle, 1869
10
The Gentleman's Magazine
It is rather startling, for instance, to have a well-known proverb presented to us in
this guise : " Celerity should always be contempered with cunctation," or "
Festination may prove Precipitation ; a deliberating delay may be' wise cunctation
, and ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUNCTATION»
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cunctation is used in the context of the following news items.
Why are writers bedevilled by procrastination?
... taking in such monuments of the art of stylish cunctation as the flâneur – the 19th-century embodiment of idleness evoked (and personified) ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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The reason is a cinch - only a stable government can clear the much criticised policy cunctation and kickstart an era of quick growth, say ... «Economic Times, Dec 13»
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY: The 'inconvenient truths' unearthed by …
Furthermore, Lyons' increasing involvement in Australian foreign policy saw his government move from a policy of “cunctation”, that is, delaying ... «News Weekly, Nov 13»
'Two and a Half Men' creator Chuck Lorre puts his sitcom musings in …
Among them: kumquat, manhole, cunctation and Dick Butkus. On another, he recalled a long-ago encounter with a 16-year-old guitar prodigy ... «Syracuse.com, Oct 12»
Monthly Gleanings: January 2012
English dictionaries give the noun cunctation “delay,” a nice word to use in casual conversation. So much for cunto, cunta, and their English ... «OUPblog, Jan 12»
