incontinency

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incontinency

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

noun incontinencies

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

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@misc{incontinency_2026,
  title = {incontinency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incontinency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}