constipated

Etymology

adj

  1. Unable to defecate; costive.
  2. (figurative) Failing to make a point or reach a conclusion; stifled.
    But there is no place for grand gestures but there's a basic contempt for women in this puny, constipated drama. 1977, New West, volume 2, numbers 21-26, page 96

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of constipate

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