Incipient

//ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beginner. obsolete
  2. 2
    A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
Adjective
  1. 1
    In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. not-comparable

    "After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."

Adjective
  1. 1
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed wordnet

Synonyms

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beginningabecedarianaboriginalantenatalautochthonousbeginner

Example

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"My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm."

Etymology

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

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