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In some senses, costiveness is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
costiveness
/ˈkɒstɪvnəs/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
habitual
COSTIVENESS + NOUN
inactivity
PREP.
in
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ADJ.
habitual
COSTIVENESS + NOUN
inactivity
PREP.
in
noun
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
The new cases prove that in habitual costiveness or inactivity of the bowels, galvanism is a more valuable remedy, and that its effects are permanent .
Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself
The new cases prove that in habitual costiveness or inactivity of the bowels, galvanism is a more valuable remedy, and that its effects are permanent .
Wiktionarya reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself
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In some senses, costiveness is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.