noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
2. 2
   The first few bars of a piece of music.

Antonyms

All antonyms

explicit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipit (“it begins”).

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