Definition of Costeve
Cos"tive (k?s"t?v), a. [OF.
costevé, p. p. of costever, F.
constiper, L. constipare to press closely together,
to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram.
See Stipulate, Stiff, and cf. Constipate.]
1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels;
having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
2. Reserved; formal; close; cold.
[Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of
laughter." B. Jonson.
You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and
close, but without being costive.
Lord Chesterfield.
3. Dry and hard; impermeable;
unyielding. [Obs.]
Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening
with the sun and wind.
Mortimer.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- constipated
- miserly, parsimonious
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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