costive dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de costive dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

costive [GB ˈkɒstɪv, Am ˈkɑstɪv, ˈkɔstɪv] ADJ

1. costive MÉD (constipated):

costive

constipé

2. costive (sluggish):

costive form

empoté

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

Legislation was produced, north and south of the border, by costive parliamentary debate, in the period 1604 to 1607, but it was limited in scope, mainly removing hostile laws.

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In his later years he was chronically costive.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

It would, the argument goes, demonstrate a healthy range of emotional awareness instead of a tightly bound costive and repressive state.

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