Definition of incontinent

< incontinency

incontrollable >

in·con·ti·nent    (n-knt-nnt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Not restrained; uncontrolled: incontinent rage.
2. Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
3. Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin incontinns, incontinent-, unrestrained : in-, not ; see in-¹ + continns, continent ; see continent²

OTHER FORMS:
in·conti·nent·ly(Adverb)