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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kos-tiv, kaw-stiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒs tɪv, ˈkɔ stɪv |
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Définition of costive
Origin :- c.1400, from Middle French costivé, from Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare (see constipation).
- adj stingy
- adj constipated
- I finds un fine to hunt with, and 'tis not so costive as the others.
- Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
- He took no other medicine, except a little rhubarb when costive.
- Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
- The stool may be normal or costive, but is very often diarrhoetic.
- Extract from : « Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated » by Max Birnbaum
- The hawk is costive, and opens her beak often, as if gasping for more air.
- Extract from : « The Art and Practice of Hawking » by Edward B. Michell
- As one says, "What is more offensive than the breath of a costive child?"
- Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg
- Costive, kos′tiv, adj. having the motion of the bowels too slow: constipated.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- If they are costive, put in a little melted lard, or some kind of inoffensive oil.
- Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
- Next Day, the 21st, her Blood appeared very sizy, and she complained of having been costive for some Days.
- Extract from : « An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany » by Donald Monro
- As he was costive, pills of aloes and steel were ordered to be taken occasionally.
- Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
- I was of a costive, dyspeptic habit, which has been entirely removed.
- Extract from : « Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages » by William Andrus Alcott
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