— inchoately , adv. — inchoateness , n.
/in koh"it, -ayt/ or, esp. Brit., /in"koh ayt'/ , adj.
1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
2. just begun; incipient.
3. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
[ 1525-35; inchoatus, var. of INCOHATUS ptp. of incohare to begin, start work on, perh. equiv. to in- -IN- 2 + coh ( um ) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -atus -ATE 1 ]