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incipient
incipientbeginning to exist; developing: It was more than friendship; it was an incipient romance.
Not to be confused with:insipient – unwise; foolish: Their office flirtation soon turned into an insipient affair.in·cip·i·ent I0081900 (ĭn-sĭp′ē-ənt)adj. Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem.
[Latin incipiēns, incipient-, present participle of incipere, to begin; see inception.]
in·cip′i·en·cy, in·cip′i·ence n.in·cip′i·ent·ly adv.incipient (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt) adjjust starting to be or happen; beginning[C17: from Latin incipiēns, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in-2 + capere to take] inˈcipience, inˈcipiency n inˈcipiently advin•cip•i•ent (ɪnˈsɪp i ənt)
adj. beginning to exist or appear: an incipient cold. [1580–90; < Latin incipient-, s. of incipiēns, present participle of incipere; see inception] in•cip′i•ent•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | incipient - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"inchoateearly - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" |
incipientadjective beginning, starting, developing, originating, commencing, embryonic, nascent, inchoate, inceptive There were signs of incipient panic.incipientadjectiveOf, relating to, or occurring at the start of something:beginning, inceptive, initial, initiatory, introductory, leadoff.Translationsincipientebeginnendincipienteincipient
incipient [in-sip´e-ent] beginning to exist; coming into existence.in·ci·pi·ent (in-sipē-ĕnt) Not fully formed; vestigial; beginning to appear. incipient
Related to incipient: Incipient speciesSynonyms for incipientadj beginningSynonyms- beginning
- starting
- developing
- originating
- commencing
- embryonic
- nascent
- inchoate
- inceptive
Synonyms for incipientadj of, relating to, or occurring at the start of somethingSynonyms- beginning
- inceptive
- initial
- initiatory
- introductory
- leadoff
Synonyms for incipientadj only partly in existenceSynonymsRelated Words |