costive
Meaning
- Constipated.
- (informal) Miserly, parsimonious.
Synonyms
Translations
constipé
geizig
estreñido
kabız
costipato
hardlijvig
constipadoPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒstɪv/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver (“to constipate”), ultimately from Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”). Doublet of constipate.
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