costive

From Middle French costivé, ultimately from Latin constipatus (“constipated”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒstɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstɪv/

costive

1. constipated
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193, page 346:

     Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.

2. miserly, parsimonious

• voicest