different between stringent vs costive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem, from string?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??nd??nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)

1. Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• string-net

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??????nt/, /st??????nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative stringenter, superlative am stringentesten)

1. stringent
2. coherent (of an argument)

   Synonyms: einleuchtend, schlüssig, überzeugend

Further reading

• “stringent” in Duden online
• “stringent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

stringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of string?

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

1. constipated
2. 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