The DICT Development Group
3 definitions found
for incipient
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Incipient \In*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere
to begin. See Inception.]
Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as,
the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. --
In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
incipient
adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient
civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague
inchoate idea" [syn: inchoate]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "incipient":
Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal,
autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed,
dwarfish, elemental, elementary, elfin, embryonic, fetal,
formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo,
in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate,
inchoative, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial, initiative,
initiatory, introductory, inventive, meager, midget, nanoid,
nascent, natal, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant,
prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial,
procreative, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runty, scraggy,
scrubby, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, squat, stunted, undersize,
undersized, ur, wizened
Questions or comments about this site?
Contact webmaster@dict.org