Costiveness
61costive — /ˈkɒstɪv/ (say kostiv) adjective 1. suffering from constipation; constipated. 2. slow in action or in expressing ideas, opinions, etc.: *A sort of costive English, too, they speak / And sweat and drink and quarrel round the week –john douglas… …
62loosen — /ˈlusən / (say loohsuhn) verb (t) 1. to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. 2. to make less tight; slacken or relax: to loosen one s grasp. 3. to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a clamp. 4. to let loose or set free from bonds,… …
63costive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ constipated. DERIVATIVES costiveness noun. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin constipare press together …
64costive — [käs′tiv, kôs′tiv] adj. [ME < OFr costeve, pp. of costever < L constipare: see CONSTIPATE] constipated or constipating: used figuratively to mean uncommunicative, stingy, etc. costively adv. costiveness n …
65costive — adj. 1 constipated. 2 niggardly. Derivatives: costively adv. costiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF costiveacute f. L constipatus: see CONSTIPATE …
