Costive
11costive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.… …
12costive — see CONSTIPATION …
13costive — cos·tive || kÉ’stɪv adj. constipated; stingy …
14costive — [ kɒstɪv] adjective constipated. Derivatives costively adverb costiveness noun Origin ME: via OFr. from L. constipare (see constipated) …
15costive — a. Constipated …
16costive — cos·tive …
17costive — adj. constipated …
18costive — a. constipated …
19costive — see CONSTIPATION …
20costive — adj. 1 constipated. 2 niggardly. Derivatives: costively adv. costiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF costiveacute f. L constipatus: see CONSTIPATE …
