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constipation

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aciinnoopsttStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

Word origin

First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English constipacioun, borrowed from Medieval Latin constīpātiō or its Old French equivalent, from cōnstīpō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constipate + -ion.

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  • If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.

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