INCIPIENT


Meaning of INCIPIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin incipient-, incipiens, present participle of incipere to begin — more at inception

Date: 1669

: beginning to come into being or to become apparent

an incipient solar system

evidence of incipient racial tension

• in·cip·i·ent·ly adverb

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