INCIPIENT

incipient, inchoate

(adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; “incipient civil disorder”; “an incipient tumor”; “a vague inchoate idea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

incipient (not comparable)

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

Synonyms

• (beginning): beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent

Noun

incipient (countable and uncountable, plural incipients)

(countable, obsolete) beginner

(uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Synonyms

• (beginner): beginner, inceptor

Anagrams

• Picentini

Source: Wiktionary

In*cip"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See Inception.]

Definition: Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.

– In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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