incontinency

English

Etymology

Latin incontinentia.

Noun

incontinency (countable and uncountable, plural incontinencies)

1. 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[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incontinency”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.