incontinent

From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/

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incontinent (comparative more incontinent, superlative most incontinent)

1. (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
2. Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
3. Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.

   Synonyms: wanton, lewd

4. Unrestrained or unceasing.

   an incontinent river of pure water

5. (colloquial) Immediate; without delay.

• continent
• restrained

• incontinent ordinance

incontinent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Immediately, forthwith.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     He says he will return incontinent:

incontinent (plural incontinents)

1. (obsolete) One who is unchaste.
   • 1598, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     O, old Incontinent, dost not thou shame

Borrowed from French incontinent, from New Latin incontinens. Equivalent to in- +‎ continent.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪŋ.kɔn.tiˈnɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: in‧con‧ti‧nent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

incontinent (not comparable)

1. incontinent (unable to restrain natural discharges)

   Antonym: continent

• incontinentie

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/

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

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

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

Borrowed from Latin in continenti.

incontinent

1. (now literary) forthwith, at once

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

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

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

1. incontinent (lacking restraint)

incontinent

1. immediately; straight away; right away

• continent

• French: incontinent

From French incontinent.

incontinent m or n (feminine singular incontinentă, masculine plural incontinenți, feminine and neuter plural incontinente)

1. incontinent