incipient
[ in-sip-ee-uhnt ]
/ ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /
adjective
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.
Origin of incipient
OTHER WORDS FROM incipient
in·cip·i·ent·ly, adverbWords nearby incipient
incidentaloma,
incienso,
incinerate,
incinerator,
incipiency,
incipient,
incipit,
incircle,
incisal,
incisal guide angle,
incise
Example sentences from the Web for incipiently
These barbaric codes of Roman law mark the passage of Roman law into incipiently mediaeval stages.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) |Henry Osborn TaylorIncipiently the women of his stories lived now, but he was still very young.
To Tell You the Truth |Leonard Merrick
British Dictionary definitions for incipiently
incipient
/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt) /
adjective
just starting to be or happen; beginning
Derived forms of incipient
incipience or incipiency, noun incipiently, adverbWord Origin for incipient
C17: from Latin
incipiēns, from
incipere to begin, take in hand, from
in- ² +
capere to take