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incontinency

noun

Etymology

From Middle English incontinency, from Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinence.

  1. derived from incontinentia
  2. inherited from incontinency

Definitions

  1. Synonym of incontinence.

    • Withdꝛawe not youre ſelves one from another excepte itt be with conſent foꝛ a tyme ⸝ foꝛ to geve youre ſelves to faſtynge and pꝛayer ⸝ and afterwarde come agayne to the ſame thynge ⸝ leſt Satan tempt you foꝛ youre incontinency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incontinency. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA