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costiveness |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Costiveness \Cos"tive*ness\, 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.