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costiveness

UK/ˈkɒstɪvnəs/

costiveness noun: the state or quality of being costive; constipation.

Noun

costiveness (uncountable)

  1. 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 .January 1822, Richard Reece [editor] "Letters of a Royal Physician, on Indigestion &c. &c.", in The Monthly Gazette of Health Volume 7
  2. (obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
    • a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself1792, Gilbert Wakefield, Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield

costiveness meaning in Tamil

costiveness in Tamil

மலச்சிக்கல்

Origin of costiveness

From costive + -ness.

Questions about costiveness

What does costiveness mean?
Costiveness means the state or quality of being costive; constipation.
What is costiveness in Tamil?
Costiveness in Tamil is மலச்சிக்கல். See Costiveness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is costiveness?
Costiveness is a noun.
How do you pronounce costiveness?
Costiveness is pronounced /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ (UK).

Words near costiveness in the dictionary

  1. costing up
  2. costings
  3. Costins
  4. costive
  5. costively
  6. costiveness
  7. Costișa
  8. costless
  9. costlessly
  10. costlessness
  11. Costley

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