Incontinent

Incontinent

Adjective · /ɪnˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt/

Definition

Lacking voluntary control over urination or defecation. Also (archaic): lacking restraint or control over passions or impulses.

Origin

From Latin incontinens — in- (not) + continens, present participle of continere (to hold together, restrain). Used in English from the late 14th century, initially in the moral sense before the medical sense became dominant.