incipient
pronunciation
How to pronounce incipient in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɪpiənt]
How to pronounce incipient in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɪpiənt]
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- Adjective:
- only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Word Origin
- incipient (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin incipientem (nominative incipiens), present participle of incipere "begin, take up," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable).
Synonym
Example
- 1. The first signs of incipient malnutrition .
- 2. Beijing 's olympics may themselves be a sign of this incipient democracy .
- 3. The imf also notes incipient asset bubbles in asian-pacific real estate and some latin american equity markets .
- 4. The anxiety has been sharpened by the incipient mining boom .
- 5. Yet the effects of such incipient protectionism have been small , so far .