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Word of the Day – Costive

By December 9, 2022Word of the Day

Costive (adj)

kos-tiv

suffering from constipation / slow in action or in expressing ideas, opinions, etc.

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from unrecorded Anglo-French costif, for Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver “to constipate,” from Latin constīpāre (see constipate)

Example sentences

“He had a costive personality and was happy to just go with the flow.”

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