incipient

[ in-sip-ee-uhnt ]

/ ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /

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adjective

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.

Origin of incipient

1580–90; < Latin incipient- (stem of incipiēns, present participle of incipere to take in hand, begin), equivalent to in- in-² + -cipi- (combining form of capi- take) + -ent- -ent

SYNONYMS FOR incipient

beginning, nascent, developing.

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OTHER WORDS FROM incipient

in·cip·i·ent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH incipient

incipient insipid insipient

Words nearby incipient

incidentaloma, incienso, incinerate, incinerator, incipiency, incipient, incipit, incircle, incisal, incisal guide angle, incise

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But his incipient campaign was scuttled, and he soon separated from his fourth wife.

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Similarly, much of the policy rhetoric coming from Washington focuses on fears of incipient inflation that have yet to pan out.

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At a dinner with journalists, hedge-fund manager George Soros spoke of an “incipient war in currencies.”

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He was a prime mover behind the Saudi military intervention in Bahrain a year ago to smash an incipient Shia reform movement.

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It seems inarguable that the donation has something to do with the incipient arrival of the unflattering film.

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Hearing of which, Colonel Cornwallis and incipient Halifax are much at a loss.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
His eyes were ringed and bloodshot with fatigue, and with incipient snow-blindness.

Murder Point |Coningsby Dawson
She was not only crying, but she was showing symptoms of incipient hysteria.

The Seven Darlings |Gouverneur Morris
I had an incipient revulsion from such a fate, and this seemed to me to indicate that moral stirrings were at work within me.

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They are here; they are more than incipient, very much more; but they are not striking.

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British Dictionary definitions for incipient

incipient

/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt) /

adjective

just starting to be or happen; beginning

Derived forms of incipient

incipience or incipiency, noun incipiently, adverb

Word Origin for incipient

C17: from Latin incipiēns, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in- ² + capere to take

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