inabstinence

English

Etymology

in- +‎ abstinence

Noun

inabstinence (uncountable)

(obsolete) Lack of abstinence; indulgence.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  th' inabstinence of Eve

References

“inabstinence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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