Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CON'TIN-ENT
IN-CON'TIN-ENCE, or IN-CON'TIN-EN-CYIN-CON'TIN-ENT
IN-CON'TIN-ENT, a. [L. incontinens.]
- Not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging lust without restraint or in violation of law; unchaste; lewd.
- Unable to restrain discharges. In the sense of immediate or immediately, obsolete.
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