Unscramble

c 3 o 1 n 1 s 1 t 1 i 1 p 3 a 1 t 1 e 1

10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

verb impede with a clog or as if with a clog

verb cause to be constipated

originThe adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming…

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