costive
Meaning of costive
- constipated.
- slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming.
if he did ask her she would become costive
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus ‘pressed together’ (see constipated).
Information about costive
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of costive
cos-tive
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- costive is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of costive
- French: constipé
- German: verstopft, obstipiert, konstipiert
- Spanish: constipado, constipada
- Italian: costipato
Words that rhyme with costive
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