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costive

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cos⋅tive

  [kos-tiv, kaw-stiv]
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–adjective
1. suffering from constipation; constipated.
2. slow in action or in expressing ideas, opinions, etc.
3. Obsolete. stingy; tight-fisted.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF *costif, for MF costivé, ptp. of costiver to constipate < L constīpāre (see constipate )

Related forms:
cos⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
cos⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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cos·tive   (kŏs'tĭv)   
adj.  

    1. Suffering from constipation.

    2. Causing constipation.

  2. Slow; sluggish.

  3. Stingy.


[Middle English costif, from Old French costeve, past participle of costever, to constipate, from Latin cōnstīpāre; see constipate.]
cos'tive·ly adv., cos'tive·ness n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cos·tive
Pronunciation: 'käs-tiv, 'kos-
Function: adjective
1 : affected with constipation
2 : causingconstipation —cos·tive·ness noun
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costive cos·tive (kŏs'tĭv)
adj.

  1. Suffering from constipation.

  2. Causing constipation.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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