costive

adj.

1. 1. Suffering from constipation.
   2. Causing constipation.
2. Slow; sluggish.
3. Stingy.

[Middle English costif, from Old French costeve, past participle of costever, to constipate, from Latin cōnstīpāre. See constipate.]

costively cos'tive·ly adv.
costiveness cos'tive·ness n.

(KOS-tiv)

adjective
1. Slow to act or speak.
2. Stingy.
3. Constipated.

Etymology
Via French from Latin constipare (to cram together), from com- (together) + stipare (to pack or crowd)

Usage
"Mark Wahlberg, for example, is low-key to the point of costive." — Anthony Lane; Nocturnes; New Yorker; Oct 22, 2007.

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adjective

Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give/take/reciprocity.

1. pertaining to, characterized by, or producing constipation.
2. an agent that depresses intestinal motility.

1) affected with constipation, causing constipation
2) slow in action or expression
3) stingy, niggardly

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forstoppet, nærig

Nederlands (Dutch)
geconstipeerd, gierig, traag

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) constipé, empoté (sout)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verstopft, geizig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δυσκοίλιος

Italiano (Italian)
stitico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - constipado, sovina (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
страдающий запором, скупой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - estreñido, agarrado, mezquino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förstoppad, trög (bildl.), snål (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
便秘的, 行动迟缓的, 沉默寡言的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 便秘的, 行動遲緩的, 沈默寡言的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 변비인, 인색한, (동작이) 굼뜬

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 便秘の, けちけちした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقبوض الأمعاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סובל מעצירות, בקמצנות‬

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