† incontinencyn.

Etymology: < Latin incontinēntia: see incontinence n. and -ency suffix.

Obsolete. The quality of being incontinent.

a. = incontinence n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]

incontinencec1384

unchastityc1384

adulteryc1405

bawdry1460

sensualities1477

incontinency1485

unchasteness1530

dishonesty1535

immorality?1566

inconstancy1581

inchastity1590

1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 4 Avoutrie fornicacion inceste or eny other flesshely incontinency.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vii. 5 Come agayne to the same thynge lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinency.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 63 The one accused Susanna of incontinency under a Πρίνος, or Ever-green Oak.

1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 415 Such as shall..be convicted of..any fleshly Incontinency.

b. = incontinence n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]

unimetec888

unmethelOE

overdeeda1200

unmetheshipa1250

outragec1325

ragec1330

reveriec1350

delavinessc1380

recolagea1400

dissolutionc1400

superfluityc1405

wantonness1448

intemperancy1532

intemperacy?1541

untemperance?1541

intemperance1547

excess1552

immoderateness1569

intemperateness1571

unbridledness1571

inordinateness1577

untemperateness1578

dissoluteness1580

acrasia1590

acrasy1590

intemperature1602

inordination1615

inordinancya1617

immoderation1640

extravagancy1651

debauch1672

extravagance1676

incontinency1715

extravaganza1754

incontinence1836

unmeasuredness1864

1715 J. Swift Enquiry Queen's Last Ministry i, in Wks. (1765) VIII. i. 52 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. Pathology. = incontinence n. 2.[Cf. quot. 1607 at inconstancy n. 4 ]

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > incontinence

incontinence1754

incontinency1769

1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 388 There is a disease pretty incident to labouring people in the decline of life, called an incontinency of urine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	incontinency
释义	† incontinencyn. Etymology: < Latin incontinēntia: see incontinence n. and -ency suffix. Obsolete. The quality of being incontinent. 1. a. = incontinence n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] incontinencec1384 unchastityc1384 adulteryc1405 bawdry1460 sensualities1477 incontinency1485 unchasteness1530 dishonesty1535 immorality?1566 inconstancy1581 inchastity1590 1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 4 Avoutrie fornicacion inceste or eny other flesshely incontinency. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vii. 5 Come agayne to the same thynge lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinency. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 63 The one accused Susanna of incontinency under a Πρίνος, or Ever-green Oak. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 415 Such as shall..be convicted of..any fleshly Incontinency. b. = incontinence n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] unimetec888 unmethelOE overdeeda1200 unmetheshipa1250 outragec1325 ragec1330 reveriec1350 delavinessc1380 recolagea1400 dissolutionc1400 superfluityc1405 wantonness1448 intemperancy1532 intemperacy?1541 untemperance?1541 intemperance1547 excess1552 immoderateness1569 intemperateness1571 unbridledness1571 inordinateness1577 untemperateness1578 dissoluteness1580 acrasia1590 acrasy1590 intemperature1602 inordination1615 inordinancya1617 immoderation1640 extravagancy1651 debauch1672 extravagance1676 incontinency1715 extravaganza1754 incontinence1836 unmeasuredness1864 1715 J. Swift Enquiry Queen's Last Ministry i, in Wks. (1765) VIII. i. 52 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. Pathology. = incontinence n. 2.[Cf. quot. 1607 at inconstancy n. 4 ] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > incontinence incontinence1754 incontinency1769 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 388 There is a disease pretty incident to labouring people in the decline of life, called an incontinency of urine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1485
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