Definition of "incontinent"

incontinent

/ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/

adjective
comparative more incontinent, superlative most incontinent
1. (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
2. Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.
  Quotations
  About 90% of all koalas have chlamydia... which makes them incontinent, so they spend all day pissing themselves.
  2016, Thoughty2, Is This the Most Stupid Animal in the World?‎, via YouTube
  The male body, opened and bleeding, can assume the shameful attributes of the incontinent female body as both cause of and justification for its evident vulnerability and defeat.
  2018 , Gail Kern Paster, The Body Embarrassed‎, Cornell University, page 92
3. Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
4. Unrestrained or unceasing.
5. (colloquial) Immediate; without delay.
adverb
not comparable
1. (obsolete) Immediately, forthwith.
  Quotations
  He says he will return incontinent:
  c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene iii]
noun
plural incontinents
1. (obsolete) One who is unchaste.
  Quotations
  O, old Incontinent, dost not thou shame
  1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

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