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Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.
Jeremy Taylor

Meaning of "incontinency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCONTINENCY

incontinency  [ɪnˈkɒntɪnənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCONTINENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incontinency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCONTINENCY


abstinency
ˈæbstɪnənsɪ
consonancy
ˈkɒnsənənsɪ
continency
ˈkɒntɪnənsɪ
dominancy
ˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
eminency
ˈɛmɪnənsɪ
impertinency
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
lieutenancy
lɛfˈtɛnənsɪ
malignancy
məˈlɪɡnənsɪ
oppugnancy
əˈpʌɡnənsɪ
permanency
ˈpɜːmənənsɪ
pernancy
ˈpɜːnənsɪ
pertinency
ˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
predominancy
prɪˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
prominency
ˈprɒmɪnənsɪ
repugnancy
rɪˈpʌɡnənsɪ
stagnancy
ˈstæɡnənsɪ
subordinancy
sʌbˈɔːdɪnənsɪ
tenancy
ˈtɛnənsɪ
undertenancy
ˈʌndəˌtɛnənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCONTINENCY

inconsumable
inconsumably
incontestability
incontestable
incontestableness
incontestably
incontiguous
incontiguously
incontinence
incontinence pad
incontinent
incontinently
incontrollable
incontrollably
incontrovertibility
incontrovertible
incontrovertibleness
incontrovertibly
inconvenience
inconveniency

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCONTINENCY

agency
componency
consistency
currency
deficiency
dependency
efficiency
emergency
estate agency
frequency
immanency
impermanency
news agency
opponency
potency
proficiency
regency
residency
tendency
transparency

Synonyms and antonyms of incontinency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incontinency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCONTINENCY

Find out the translation of incontinency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incontinency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incontinency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

incontinency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incontinencia
570 millions of speakers

English

incontinency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंयम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

incontinency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невоздержанием
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incontinência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

incontinency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incontinence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakpatuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inkontinenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失禁
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

incontinency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incontinency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

incontinency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரதத்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंयम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inkontinans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incontinenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepowściągliwości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невоздержанием
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nestăpînirii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακράτειας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfbeheersing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkontinens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inkontinens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incontinency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONTINENCY»

The term «incontinency» is used very little and occupies the 156.563 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONTINENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incontinency

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QUOTES WITH «INCONTINENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incontinency.
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Jeremy Taylor
Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONTINENCY»

Discover the use of incontinency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incontinency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: From 1766 to 1791
In a declarator of marriage, the man in defence accused the woman of incontinency. The Lords adhered to an interlocutor of the Commissaries, refusing a proof of the allegation, in hoc statu, reserving the same till the pursuer should establish ...
Sir David Dalrymple, Mungo Ponton Brown, 1826
2
An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, with ...
There is something therefore in morality and the nature of things pleadahle with respect to the stnof incontinency, why it should be sixed upon as the only warrantable ground of divorce. It cannot be pretended that any other crime has the same ...
‎1788
3
Understanding Incontinence:
They can use special garments or pads to gain support for problems of incontinency. For accidental leakages bed pads, full-length undergarments, liners like pads, shields, or inserts, disposable adult diapers, or a combination of pants and ...
G. Fairweather
4
Understanding Incontinence: End The Embarrassment Once and ...
25. Noninvasive. Devices. -. Will. They. Work. for. You? Incontinency. problems are not acute in many people. They can use special garments or pads to gain support for problems of incontinency. For accidental leakages bed pads, full- length ...
United States. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1996
5
The works of John Donne
And yet God kept such a hook in the nostril of this leviathan, such a bridle in the jaws of these sects of heretics, as that never any of them so opposed marriage, as that they justified incontinency, or various lust, or indifferency, or community in  ...
John Donne, Henry Alford, 1839
6
Aristotle's Ethics: Comprising His Practical Philosophy
The incontinency of voluptuousness is therefore worse than that of anger, since it more nearly approaches to deliberate wickedness. It may be observed to the same purpose, that no person afflicted with pain is addicted to insolence ; for insults ...
Aristotle, 1893
7
Sermons
And yet God kept such a hook in the nostril of this leviathan, such a bridle in the jaws of these sects of heretics, as that never any of them so opposed marriage, as that they justified incontinency, or various lust, or indifferency, or community in  ...
John Donne, 1839
8
A General System of Surgery in Three Parts: Containing the ...
CXXXVL The Method of curing an Incontinency of Urine in Males. c»use and j f *\ H E Neck of the Bladder is sometimes so much weakened in many of of dwDis- A £he ma'e ^ex» tnat tney arc thereby rendered incapable of retaining order. their ...
Lorenz Heister, Manby. R. ((Londres)), C. Davis ((Londres)), 1750
9
Ethics And Politics: Comprising His Practical Philosophy
A man is praised for self-command, when he excels most others in that habit ; he is blamed for incontinency, when he yields to temptations, to which most men are superior. The incontinency of those who deliberate rightly, but have not ...
Aristoteles, John Gillies, 1797
10
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
POLONIUS Faith no, as you may season it in the charge. You must not put another scandal on him, That he is open to incontinency, 30 That's not my meaning. But breathe his faults so quaintly That they may seem the taints of liberty, The flash ...
William Shakespeare, Philip Edwards, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCONTINENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incontinency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Out of the closet: Sexual starvation in Christian marriages
... a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.' That's it.". «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
2
Oppose Tory budget cuts
Without it people could be stuck sat in incontinency pads unable to leave the house. “Once, disabled people were put away in big institutions. «Socialist Worker, Jun 15»
3
Outstrip Jeremy Clarke's worst excesses and win an invitation to his …
Then I was freezing cold and felt the ominous stirrings of a double incontinency. If only I could crawl over the threshold into the room where ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
4
Criminal punishments in 17th century Nottingham: Stocks, pillories …
And in 1657 William Green was sent to gaol for default of his sureties for incontinency with John Richardson's wife and "inveighing her from her ... «Nottingham Post, May 15»
5
Ground-breaking Exeter research centre offers hope to first local family
Their health problems range from glue ear to double incontinency, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to signs of autism. «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 15»
6
Ruse on the Loose: Roxbury business helps seniors stay home
... somebody needs any kind of hands-on assistance like assistance with bathing, dressing, walking, incontinency care. Anything like that would ... «Daily Record, Mar 15»
7
Big Data or Big Brother?
Equally, if you are over 50, it makes for a depressing self image to be bombarded with offers of life insurance, care homes, and incontinency ... «ET Retail, Mar 15»
8
Passport to post-election comedy: five days of political paralysis isn't …
Yet the suspicion was that people had been there before, and that they had been manufacturers of adult incontinency solutions. How else to ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
9
Knowing More About Effective Womb Prolapse Treatments In …
A few more common symptoms include recurrent infections, urinary frequency, urgency and incontinency in urination. At times, women may feel ... «GroundReport, Feb 15»
10
Regional school cleaners in WA to remove sanitary waste after …
"Many of those children are in nappies and incontinency pads so they have a sizeable amount of sanitary waste," she said. "They will need to ... «ABC Online, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Incontinency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/incontinency>. May 2024 ».
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