English
Etymology
Anglo-French *costif, ultimately from Latin constipatus �constipated�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'k�stɪv/

Adjective
costive

1. constipated
2. miserly, parsimonious

Quotations
; constipated (figurative)
2005 : Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, 346)

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