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English

Etymology

From Old French *costivé*, past participle of *costiver* ("to constipate"), ultimately from Latin *cōnstīpātus* ("constipated"). Related to English *constipate*.

Katakana Transliteration

コスティブ (Ko-su-ti-bu)

Adjective

Costive

1. Constipated.

2. Informal: miserly, parsimonious

Derived terms

costively
costiveness

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 ===Katakana Transliteration===
 * コスティブ (Ko-su-ti-bu)
 ===Adjective===
-Costive
+====Costive====
+* 1. Constipated.
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-# See also: [[Constipated]]
-# Examples:
+# 2. Informal: miserly, parsimonious
-#* Hollinghurst, US edition, page 346: "Melanie, who was used to Wani's 'costive' memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons."
-# Informal: miserly, parsimonious
-#* Example: Hugh Conlon, *Nine Familiar Fables* (2006), page 73: "Well, the shoemaker and his wife, Louise, may have been poor, needy, indigent, destitute, impecunious and impoverished — at least before the elves came along — but they had never been parsimonious, 'costive', miserly, penny-pinching or stinting. They were far from being avaricious, rapacious, mean or greedy. The shoemaker was uxorious about his wife, Louise, but he had never been usurious, even when he had money to lend..."
 ====Derived terms====
 * costively
 * costiveness