[kuhngk-tey-ter] 
| a procrastinator; delayer. |
[fey-bee-uh
s mak-suh-muhs] | (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; “Cunctator”) 275–203 b.c., Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle. |
| cunc·ta·tion (kŭngk-tā'shən) n. Procrastination; delay. [Latin cūnctātiō, cūnctātiōn-, from cūnctātus, past participle of cūnctārī, to delay; see konk- in Indo-European roots.] cunc'ta'tive (kŭngk'tā'tĭv, -tə-tĭv) adj., cunc'ta'tor n. |