First Known Use: 1534
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inchoate
adjective in·cho·ate \in-ˈkō-ət, ˈin-kə-ˌwāt\
: not completely formed or developed yet
Full Definition of INCHOATE
: being only partly in existence or operation : incipient; especially : imperfectly formed or formulated : formless, incoherent <misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation — J. M. Perry>
— in·cho·ate·ly adverb
— in·cho·ate·ness noun
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Origin of INCHOATE
Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare to start work on, perhaps from in- + cohum part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted
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