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Today's Word "dilatory"

Marked by procrastination on

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dilatory \DIL-uh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - 1 : Tending to put off what ought to be done at once; given to procrastination. 2 : Marked by procrastination or delay; intended to cause delay; -- said of actions or measures.

"We are dilatory, we bears, dilatory and slow by nature, and hate to make up our minds, and dread the severing consequences of action..." -- Jean Garrigue, 'The Animal Hotel'

 

Dilatory is from Latin dilatorius, from dilator, "a dilatory person, a loiterer," from dilatus, past participle of differre, "to delay, to put off," from dis-, "apart, in different directions" + ferre, "to carry."


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