incipient as an adjective: - 1
incipient
adjective
1 incipient
Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed:
— Incipient civil disorder.
— An incipient tumor.
synonym: inchoate.
Roget 66:
beginning
etc.
v.;
initial,
initiatory,
initiative;
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient;
proemial†,
inaugural;
inchoate,
inchoative†;
embryonic,
rudimental;
primogenial†;
primeval,
primitive,
primordial
etc.
(old)
124;
aboriginal;
natal,
nascent.
first,
foremost,
leading;
maiden.
begun
etc.
v.;
just begun
etc.
v..
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