costiveness

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Pronunciation

/ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ (UK)

Definition of costiveness

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being costive; constipation.

“The new cases prove that in habitual costiveness or inactivity of the bowels, galvanism is a more valuable remedy, and that its effects are permanent .”

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noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being costive; constipation.

“The new cases prove that in habitual costiveness or inactivity of the bowels, galvanism is a more valuable remedy, and that its effects are permanent .”
(obsolete, uncountable)Inability to express oneself; stiffness.

“a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself”

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From costive + -ness.

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