firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; — said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.
"The inconstant moon." Shak.
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,
Inconstant as the shadows we survey!
Boyse. Syn. — Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.
Inconstantly
(In*con"stant*ly), adv. In an inconstant manner.
Inconsumable
(In`con*sum"a*ble) a. Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.
Paley. — In`con*sum"a*bly, adv.
Inconsummate
(In`con*sum"mate) a. [L. inconsummatus. See In- not, and Consummate.] Not consummated; not
finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. — In`con*sum"mate*ness, n.
Inconsumptible
(In`con*sump"ti*ble) a. [L. inconsumptibilis.] Inconsumable. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Incontaminate
(In`con*tam"i*nate) a. [L. incontaminatus. See In- not, and not, and Contaminate.]
Not contaminated; pure. Moore. — In`con*tam"i*nate*ness, n.
Incontentation
(In*con`ten*ta"tion) n. [See In- not, and Content.] Discontent. [Obs.] Goodwin.
Incontestability
(In`con*test`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being incontestable.
Incontestable
(In`con*test"a*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] Not contestable; not
to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable
evidence, truth, or facts. Locke.
Syn. — Incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefragable; undeniable; unquestionable; intuitable; certain.
— In`con*test"a*ble*ness, n. — In`con*test"a*bly, adv.
Incontested
(In`con*test"ed), a. Not contested. Addison.
Incontiguous
(In`con*tig"u*ous) a. [L. incontiguus that can not be touched. See In- not, and Contiguous.]
Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate. Boyle. — In`con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv.
Incontinence
(In*con"ti*nence In*con"ti*nen*cy) n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.]
1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want
of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.
That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Cor. vii. 5.
From the rash hand of bold incontinence.
Milton. 2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges
are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.
Incontinent
(In*con"ti*nent) a. [L. incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See In- not, and Continent.]
1. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging
unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
2. (Med.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
Incontinent
(In*con"ti*nent), n. One who is unchaste. B. Jonson.
