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Struggling to evacuate county town of Cornwall, briefly
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costive
Word definitions for costive in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Middle French costivé , from Latin constipatus , past participle of constipare (see constipation ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Costive \Cos"tive\ (k?s"t?v), a. [OF. costev['e], p. p. of costever, F. constiper, L. constipare to press closely together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram. See Stipulate , Stiff , and cf. Constipate .] Retaining fecal matter in the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. retarding evacuation of feces [ant: laxative ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 constipated 2 miserly, parsimonious
Usage examples of costive.
Asthma when derangements of the stomach are present, white coated tongue, costive bowels, sluggish liver.
I could only guess a part from your letter to Barnabas, and that costive scrawl with which you honored me.
In Toronto, it appears, one may leer desirously at under-dressed girls, or gape at them with the costive expression of one who considers Nudity and Art to be synonymous terms, but one must not laugh.
Anxiety, hypochondria, displacency, melancholia, costive, delicate stomachs - the ills of the city merchant increased tenfold.
There was that typical costive, haemorrhoidal facies, the knock-knees, the drooping shoulders, the flat feet splayed out, the ill breath, the large staring eyes, the meek complacency.