incontinent
adjective
[ ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt ]
• having no or insufficient voluntary control over urination or defecation.
• "elderly, incontinent parents"
• lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled.
• "the incontinent hysteria of the massed pop fans"
Similar:
unrestrained,
uncontrolled,
lacking self-restraint,
unbridled,
unchecked,
ungoverned,
uncurbed,
unsuppressed,
unfettered,
untrammelled,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
Origin:
late Middle English (in incontinent (sense 2)): from Old French, or from Latin incontinent-, from in- ‘not’ + continent- ‘holding together’ (see continent2). incontinent (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century.
