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Definition of Incipient
1. Adjective. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed. "A vague inchoate idea"
Definition of Incipient
1. a. Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.
Definition of Incipient
1. Adjective. beginning, starting, coming into existence. ¹
2. Noun. (countable obsolete) beginner ¹
3. Noun. (uncountable grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incipient
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incipient
Literary usage of Incipient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"incipient crystallization.—A more general change is incipient crystallization.
... incipient crystals are formed in shales and other sediments. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"incipient crystallization.—A more general change is incipient crystallization.
... incipient crystals are formed in shales and other sediments. ..."
3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"This kind of incipient nationality is of very low type. It is held together not
by a national spirit of patriotism, but by the systematic coercion exercised ..."
4. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... the must constant —Supposed incompetence of natural selection to account for
the incipient stages of useful structures—Causes which interfere with the ..."
5. Obscure diseases of the brain and mind by Forbes Benignus Winslow (1866)
"... 139 Spectral illusions, accompanying incipient insanity, 153 Speech, alterations
in, characteristic of general paralysis, 323 cerebral localization of, ..."
6. The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost: Or, Reason and Revelation by Henry Edward Manning (1866)
"Now, it is evident that in England we are as yet in the incipient stage of
Rationalism. Materialism, Secularism, and Deism are to be found in individuals, ..."
7. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"In the course of an hour or two the drill would reach incipient MILLIONAIRES.
a depth of two or three feet, making a hole a couple of inches in diameter. ..."
8. The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Treatise on the by Percy Goetschius (1898)
"THE incipient GRADE OF THE 3-PART SONG-FORM. 84a. ... (b) In its details, the
incipient 3-Part Song-form corresponds to the schedule given in par. ..."
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