Incipient

a.

1.

Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.

Adj.

1.

incipient - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" Synonyms: inchoate

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