inabstinence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]in- + abstinence
Noun
[edit]inabstinence (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Lack of abstinence; indulgence.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:
- th' inabstinence of Eve
References
[edit]“inabstinence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.