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 cos·tive /ˈkɑstɪv, ˈkɔs-/
 (a.)秘結性的,便祕的,小氣的

 cos·tive /ˈkɑstɪv, ˈkɔs-/ 形容詞
 便祕的,腸蠕動抑制劑

 Cos·tive a.
 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.
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 costive
      adj : retarding evacuation of feces [ant: laxative]