different between astringent vs costive
astringent
English
Alternative forms
- adstringent
Etymology
From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) +? stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??st??n.d??nt/
- Hyphenation: as?trin?gent
Noun
astringent (plural astringents)
- A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
astringent (comparative more astringent, superlative most astringent)
- Extremely sour, bitter.
- Sharp, caustic, severe.
- Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
- (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
Synonyms
- (caustic): smectic (rare)
Translations
Anagrams
- integrants, natterings, transigent
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.t???.???/
Adjective
astringent (feminine singular astringente, masculine plural astringents, feminine plural astringentes)
- astringent
Noun
astringent m (plural astringents)
- astringent
Related terms
- astringence
Latin
Verb
astringent
- third-person plural future active indicative of astring?
Romanian
Etymology
From French astringent, from Latin astringens.
Adjective
astringent m or n (feminine singular astringent?, masculine plural astringen?i, feminine and neuter plural astringente)
- astringent
Declension
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costive
English
Etymology
From Middle French costivé, ultimately from Latin constipatus (“constipated”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st?v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?st?v/
Adjective
costive
- constipated
- miserly, parsimonious
Quotations
- constipated (figurative)
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, 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.
Anagrams
- voicest
costive From the web:
- captive mean
- what does causative mean
- what does costive
- what does positive mean
- what is a causative agent
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