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costiveness

  • /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ UK

noun

  1. 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 .
  2. obsolete, uncountable Inability to express oneself; stiffness. a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself

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@misc{costiveness_2026,
  title = {costiveness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/costiveness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}