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incontinency

incontinency noun: synonym of incontinence.

Noun

incontinency (countable and uncountable, plural incontinencies)

  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.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians vij:[5], folios ccxxiij, recto – ccxxiij, verso
    Synonyms:
    incontinence

Synonyms of incontinency

Forms of incontinency

pluralincontinencies

Origin of incontinency

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

Questions about incontinency

What does incontinency mean?
Incontinency means synonym of incontinence.
What part of speech is incontinency?
Incontinency is a noun.
What is the plural of incontinency?
The plural of incontinency is incontinencies.

Words near incontinency in the dictionary

  1. incontinence pants
  2. incontinence slip
  3. incontinence slips
  4. incontinences
  5. incontinencies
  6. incontinency
  7. incontinent
  8. incontinent ordinance
  9. incontinent ordinances
  10. incontinentia pigmenti
  11. incontinently

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