INCHOATE


Meaning of INCHOATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈkō-ət, ˈin-kə-ˌwāt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare to start work on, perhaps from in- + cohum part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted

Date: 1534

: being only partly in existence or operation : incipient ; especially : imperfectly formed or formulated : formless , incoherent

misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation — J. M. Perry

• in·cho·ate·ly adverb

• in·cho·ate·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.