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incipient

in·ci·pient

US/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

  • “incipient civil disorder”
  • “an incipient tumor”
  • “a vague inchoate idea”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

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