COSTIVENESS

costiveness. Costiveness, n. a costive state, a hardness

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Cos″tive‐ness, n. 1. 1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
2. 2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.