| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dilatory |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dil·a·to·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d l  -tôr  , -t r |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Intended to delay. 2. Tending to postpone or delay: dilatory in his work habits. See synonyms at slow. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English dilatorie, from Latin d l trius, from dltor, delayer, from dltus, past participle of differre, to delay : d-, dis-, apart; see dis– + ltus, carried; see tel- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dila·tori·ly —ADVERB
dila·tori·ness —NOUN
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