different between incontinency vs incontinent

English

Etymology

Latin incontinentia.

Noun

incontinency (countable and uncountable, plural incontinencies)

1. incontinence

   • That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

References

• incontinency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

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.

5. (colloquial) Immediate; without delay.

Antonyms

• continent
• restrained

Derived terms

• incontinent ordinance

Related terms

Translations

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.

   • O, old Incontinent, dost not thou shame

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.k?n.ti?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?con?ti?nent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

incontinent (not comparable)

1. incontinent (unable to restrain natural discharges)

   Antonym: continent

Inflection

Related terms

• incontinentie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k??.ti.n??/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

incontinent (feminine singular 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French incontinent.

Adjective

incontinent m or n (feminine singular incontinent?, masculine plural incontinen?i, feminine and neuter plural incontinente)

1. incontinent

Declension