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Costiveness
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.] A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.