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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; Middle English < Anglo-French *costif, for Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver to constipate < Latin constīpāre (see constipate)
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French *costif, for Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver to constipate < Latin constīpāre (see constipate)
Related forms
cos·tive·ly, adverb
cos·tive·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
costive
c.1400, from O.Fr. costivé, from L. constipatus, from constipare (see constipation).
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costive cos·tive (kŏs'tĭv)
adj.
Suffering from constipation.
Causing constipation.
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