incipient, inchoate
(adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; “incipient civil disorder”; “an incipient tumor”; “a vague inchoate idea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incipient (not comparable)
In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
• (beginning): beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent
incipient (countable and uncountable, plural incipients)
(countable, obsolete) beginner
(uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
• (beginner): beginner, inceptor
• 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
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
