Incontinent Definition

ĭn-kŏntə-nənt
adjective
Without self-restraint, esp. in regard to sexual activity.
Webster's New World
Unrestrained.
Webster's New World
Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
American Heritage Medicine
Without the normal ability to restrain a particular natural discharge, as of urine, from the body.
Webster's New World
Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.
American Heritage Medicine
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adverb
Immediately; without delay.
Webster's New World
noun

(obsolete) One who is unchaste.

Wiktionary

Origin of Incontinent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin incontinēns incontinent- unrestrained in- not in–1 continēns continent continent2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens

    From Wiktionary

Incontinent Sentence Examples

  • Your pet may become incontinent, and there are products on the market for that too.

  • There was a nice little old lady who was slightly incontinent.

  • If the laity were to stand aloof from all incontinent priests, while (as the most orthodox churchmen constantly complained) many priests were still incontinent, then this could only result in estranging large bodies of the laity from the sacraments of the church.

  • She could not drink; she could not speak; she could not eat; she was doubly incontinent.

  • He was in a mess, had terrible ear and teeth problems and was also incontinent.

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Words Starting With

IININC

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With I and Ending With T

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