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in⋅con⋅ti⋅nent

  [in-kon-tn-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
2. unable to contain or retain (usually fol. by of): incontinent of temper.
3. lacking in moderation or self-control, esp. of sexual desire.
4. unceasing or unrestrained: an incontinent flow of talk.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L incontinent- (s. of incontinēns). See in- 3 , continent (adj.)

Related forms:
in⋅con⋅ti⋅nence, in⋅con⋅ti⋅nen⋅cy, noun
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in·con·ti·nent   (ĭn-kŏn'tə-nənt)   
adj.  

  1. Not restrained; uncontrolled: incontinent rage.

  2. Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.

  3. Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin incontinēns, incontinent-, unrestrained : in-, not; see in-1 + continēns, continent; see continent2.]
in·con'ti·nent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incontinent 
c.1380, "wanting in self restraint," from O.Fr. incontinent, from L. incontinentem, from in- "not" + continent (see continent). Originally chiefly of sexual appetites; sense of "unable to control bowels or bladder" first attested 1828.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·con·ti·nent
Pronunciation: (')in-'känt-&n-&nt
Function: adjective
: not continent;especially : unable to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily
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incontinent in·con·ti·nent (ĭn-kŏn'tə-nənt)
adj.

  1. Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.

  2. Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.

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