costive

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Constipated.
  2. (informal) Miserly, parsimonious.

Conceptos

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈkɒstɪv/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver (“to constipate”), ultimately from Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”). Doublet of constipate.

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