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† inˈcontinency Obs.
[ad. L. incontinēntia: see prec. and -ency.]
The quality of being incontinent.
1. a. = incontinence 1.
1485Act 1 Hen. VII, c. 4 Avoutrie fornicacion inceste or eny other flesshely incontinency. 1526Tindale 1 Cor. vii. 5 Come agayne to the same thynge lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinency. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 63 The one accused Susanna of incontinency under a Πρίνος, or Ever-green Oak. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 415 Such as shall..be convicted of..any fleshly Incontinency.
b. = incontinence 1 b.
c1715Swift Inquiry Queen's Last Ministry i. Wks. 1841 I. 504/1 As the earl was too reserved, so perhaps the other was too free, not from any incontinency of talk, but from the mere contempt of multiplying secrets.
2. Path. = incontinence 2.[Cf. quot. 1607 s.v. inconstancy 4.] 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 531 Suppression and incontinency of urine. |