incontinent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCON'TINENT, adjective [Latin incontinens.] Not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging lust without restraint or in violation of law; unchaste; lewd. 1. Unable to restrain discharges. In the sense of immediate or immediately, obs. INCON'TINENT, noun One who is unchaste.
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