Incipient
/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A beginner. obsolete
- 2 A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
Adjective
- 1 In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. not-comparable
"After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."
Adjective
- 1 only partly in existence; imperfectly formed wordnet
Example
More examples"My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).