incontinent

English

Adjective

incontinent (comparative more incontinent, superlative most incontinent)

1. (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
2. Lacking the ability to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urination or defecation.
3. Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
4. Unrestrained or unceasing.

   An incontinent river of pure water.

Antonyms

• continent
• restrained

Related terms

• incontinence
• incontinency
• incontinently

Translations

unable to contain or retain

Icelandic: óhófsamur m., óhófsöm f., óhófsamt n.; taumlaus m. and f., taumlaust n.

lacking the ability to restrain natural discharges

Finnish: pidätyskyvytön (fi)

lacking moral or sexual restraint

Finnish: estoton (fi) Icelandic: óskírlífur m., óskrírlíf n., óskírlíft n.

Scottish Gaelic: mì-gheanmnaidh (gd)

unrestrained and unceasing

Finnish: pidättelemätön (fi)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ̃kɔ̃tinɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin incontinens.

Adjective

incontinent m. (f. incontinente, m. plural incontinents, f. plural incontinentes)

1. (medicine) incontinent, suffering from incontinence, enuretic

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin in continenti.

Adverb

incontinent

1. (now literary) forthwith, at once