costiveness

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/

Noun

costiveness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
2. (obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.

   • a reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself

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