Associations to the word «Incipient»

Wiktionary

INCIPIENT, adjective. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
INCIPIENT, noun. (countable) (obsolete) beginner
INCIPIENT, noun. (uncountable) (grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Dictionary definition

INCIPIENT, adjective. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis