costicadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkɔstɪk/,

/ˈkɑstɪk/

Forms: 1500s costicke, 1600s costick, 1600s costique, 1800s– costic.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: costive adj.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ic suffix) of costive adj., probably by association with caustic adj. (which is attested in the 16th and 17th centuries in the forms costic , costick ); compare forms of costive adj. with medial -au-. Perhaps compare Italian †caustico costive (1598 in Florio; rare).

Now English regional and U.S. regional.

Affected by or causing constipation; = costive adj. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated

fastOE

costivea1400

hardbound?a1425

embowelled1486

encumber1486

bound1530

constipate1542

constipated1547

styptic1582

costic1595

belly-bound1607

restringenta1661

unmoved1810

confined1822

screwbound1837

impacted1844

1595 ‘Maister Harlequin’ New Pleasant & Delightfull Astrol. in tr. ‘J. Borget’ Divels Legend sig. B4 These monstrous lyers, the Serpents Schollers, make also the poore deceiued people of the League beleeue,..that in some [seasons] they must vse purgations, in others costicke medicines.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 53 English honey..is good and very profitable for those that are costique.

1649 F. Langton in J. Shirley Via ad Latinam Linguam Complanata sig. A6^v Most other Grammars to our youth impart A Costique, dry, and nugatory Art.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D^v Sorrell relaxes the Belly, the seed makes it costick [L. semen assumptum retinet].

1823 Kaleidoscope 9 Sept. 78/1 The woman said the child was costic in its body; and the apothecary gave her some powder.

1873 P. Dickson Let. 18 Oct. in Eclectic Med. Jrnl. (1874) 34 517 I am sufferin at times with costic bowels.

1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 793/1 Costic..other words for being constipated.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 67/1 Costic, constipated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	costic
释义	costicadj. Brit. /ˈkɒstɪk/, U.S. /ˈkɔstɪk/, /ˈkɑstɪk/ Forms: 1500s costicke, 1600s costick, 1600s costique, 1800s– costic. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: costive adj. Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ic suffix) of costive adj., probably by association with caustic adj. (which is attested in the 16th and 17th centuries in the forms costic , costick ); compare forms of costive adj. with medial -au-. Perhaps compare Italian †caustico costive (1598 in Florio; rare). Now English regional and U.S. regional. Affected by or causing constipation; = costive adj. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated fastOE costivea1400 hardbound?a1425 embowelled1486 encumber1486 bound1530 constipate1542 constipated1547 styptic1582 costic1595 belly-bound1607 restringenta1661 unmoved1810 confined1822 screwbound1837 impacted1844 1595 ‘Maister Harlequin’ New Pleasant & Delightfull Astrol. in tr. ‘J. Borget’ Divels Legend sig. B4 These monstrous lyers, the Serpents Schollers, make also the poore deceiued people of the League beleeue,..that in some [seasons] they must vse purgations, in others costicke medicines. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 53 English honey..is good and very profitable for those that are costique. 1649 F. Langton in J. Shirley Via ad Latinam Linguam Complanata sig. A6^v Most other Grammars to our youth impart A Costique, dry, and nugatory Art. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D^v Sorrell relaxes the Belly, the seed makes it costick [L. semen assumptum retinet]. 1823 Kaleidoscope 9 Sept. 78/1 The woman said the child was costic in its body; and the apothecary gave her some powder. 1873 P. Dickson Let. 18 Oct. in Eclectic Med. Jrnl. (1874) 34 517 I am sufferin at times with costic bowels. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 793/1 Costic..other words for being constipated. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 67/1 Costic, constipated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595
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