Entry: cunctations (n.)
In context: "...his face shiny with sweat and his talk full of blank cunctations and disassociated leaps..."
Definition: The action of delaying; delay, tardy action.
Other: This is not the prettiest sounding word I've ever heard.
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 368
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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