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costiveness
UK /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ US /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
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 .
2
Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself
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