procrastination

From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /-ʃn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

procrastination (usually uncountable, plural procrastinations)

1. The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
   • 1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC:

     Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.

     read on Google Books. This version is page 393

• (act of postponing): deferral, prolongation; see also Thesaurus:deferment

• precrastination

• procrastinate

• procrastination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latin prōcrāstinātiōnem.

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procrastination f (plural procrastinations)

1. procrastination

• “procrastination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.