incipient

beginning 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 adv

in•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.

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Adj.

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"

incipient

adjective beginning, starting, developing, originating, commencing, embryonic, nascent, inchoate, inceptive There were signs of incipient panic.

incipient

adjectiveOf, relating to, or occurring at the start of something:beginning, inceptive, initial, initiatory, introductory, leadoff.

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adj beginning

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adj of, relating to, or occurring at the start of something

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adj only partly in existence

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