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constipated

Syllabification: (con·sti·pat·ed)
Pronunciation: /ˈkänstəˌpātid/
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Definition of constipated

adjective

  • (of a person or animal) affected with constipation.
  • slow-moving; restricted or inhibited in some way:spontaneous girls like Ellen are never going to be intimate with constipated deadpan fellows like me

Derivatives

constipate

Pronunciation: /-ˌpāt/
verb

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin constipat- 'crowded or pressed together', from the verb constipare, from con- 'together' + stipare 'press, cram'

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