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prettygoodwordcostive - adj., causing or suffering from constipation; slow, sluggish; stingy, tight-fisted.
Borrowed in the 14th century from Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver, to constipate, from Latin constīpāre, from con-, together + stīpāre, to crowd, press. Pronounced KOS-tiv or KAW-stiv, and that's all you're getting from me.
---L.
Borrowed in the 14th century from Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver, to constipate, from Latin constīpāre, from con-, together + stīpāre, to crowd, press. Pronounced KOS-tiv or KAW-stiv, and that's all you're getting from me.
---L.
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