What does costiveness mean?
Costiveness means The state or quality of being costive; constipation..
Costiveness
/ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ · noun
Meaning
The state or quality of being costive; constipation..
Definitions by Sense
- The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
- (obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
Example Sentences
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 .
a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself
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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 .
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