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
4 May 2024
(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
