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† costious, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 costeuous [= -vous], coustouse, 5 costius, -ifous, -iose, 5–6 costious, -yous(e, -uous(e, 6 costeous.
[a. AF. coustous, costeous = OF. cousteus, now coûteux costly, f. cost cost n.2
The forms costevous, costifous appear to be after bountevous, -yvous, f. OF. bontif: cf. also beautevous, plentevous, for beauteous, plenteous.]
Costly, expensive.
1340Ayenb. 228 Coustouse robes. 1382Wyclif 2 Chron. xxxv. 24 He is deed, and beried in the costeuous toumbe of his fadirs. c1449Pecock Repr. 231 Better and costioser and precioser garnementis. 1549Coverdale Erasm. Par. 1 Pet. 2 By the costeous gyft of his owne sonne Jesus Christ. 1550Crowley Last Trump. 1206 Neither for costuouse buildyng. 1564Becon Pleas. New Nosegay Wks. (Parker Soc. 1843) 226 A costious pearl.
Hence † ˈcostiously adv., † ˈcostiousness.
c1449Pecock Repr. ii. ix. 193 The diligence of preestis..by hem costioseli founde. Ibid. 553 Over greet curiositie, gayne, preciosite, or costiosenes. 1530Palsgr. 209/1 Costyousnesse, sumptuosité. |