incontinent

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.

Adjective

incontinent (comparative more incontinent, superlative most incontinent)

1. (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
2. Plagued by incontinence; 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

5. (colloquial) Immediate; without delay.

Antonyms

• continent
• restrained

Derived terms

• incontinent ordinance

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Tama (Colombia) root incontinent- not found

Translations

unable to contain or retain

• Bulgarian: незадържащ (nezadǎržašt)
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• Icelandic: óhófsamur; taumlaus m or f, taumlaust n

lacking the ability to restrain natural discharges

• Bulgarian: незадържащ (nezadǎržašt)
• Czech: inkontinentní
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• Finnish: pidätyskyvytön
• Irish: neamhchoinneálach

lacking moral or sexual restraint

• Bulgarian: безнравствен (bg) (beznravstven), разпуснат (bg) (razpusnat)
• Finnish: estoton (fi), pidäkkeetön
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• Icelandic: óskírlífur m, óskrírlíf n, óskírlíft n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-gheanmnaidh

unrestrained and unceasing

• Bulgarian: невъздържан (bg) (nevǎzdǎržan)
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• Finnish: pidättelemätön

Adverb

incontinent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Immediately, forthwith.
   • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, Scene 3,^[1]

     He says he will return incontinent:

Noun

incontinent (plural incontinents)

1. (obsolete) One who is unchaste.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Middle French incontinent, borrowed from Latin incontinens, incontinentem, from in + continens.

Adjective

incontinent (feminine incontinente, masculine plural incontinents, feminine plural incontinentes)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin in continenti.

Adverb

incontinent

1. (now literary) forthwith, at once

Further reading

• “incontinent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incontinens, incontinentem, from in + continens.

Adjective

incontinent m (feminine singular incontinente, masculine plural incontinens, feminine plural incontinentes)

1. incontinent (lacking restraint)

Adverb

incontinent

1. immediately; straight away; right away

Antonyms

• continent

Descendants

• French: incontinent