costive
English
Etymology
From Middle French costivé, ultimately from Latin constipatus (“constipated”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒstɪv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑstɪv/
Adjective
costive
- constipated
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193, page 346:
- 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.
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- miserly, parsimonious
Anagrams
- voicest