incontinency

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English

Etymology

Latin incontinentia.

Noun

incontinency (countable and uncountable, plural incontinencies)

incontinence
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:5:
  That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “incontinency”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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