Costiveness
[kos-tiv, kaw-stiv] /ˈkɒs tɪv, ˈkɔ stɪv/
adjective
1.
suffering from constipation; constipated.
2.
slow in action or in expressing ideas, opinions, etc.
3.
Obsolete. stingy; tight-fisted.
/ˈkɒstɪv/
adjective
1.
having constipation; constipated
2.
sluggish
3.
niggardly
adj.
c.1400, from Middle French costivé, from Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare (see constipation).
costive cos·tive (kŏs’tĭv)
adj.
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