Meaning
2 sensesA verb tense of the Hebrew language.
(obsolete)A beginner.
Examples
3 sentencesWe believe we're seeing signs of incipient fascism.
The incipient movement has a lot to prove.
My old leg injury ached with the pressure change from the incipient storm.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).
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Forms
plural: incipients| Singular | incipient |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsbeginner:beginnerA2inceptor
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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