Word of the Day 7.19.08
in·cho·ate (
n-k
t)
adj.
1. In an initial or early stage; incipient.
2. Imperfectly formed or developed: a vague, inchoate idea.
[Latin incho
tus, past participle of inchore, to begin, alteration of incohre : in-, in; see in-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]
in·choate·ly adv.
in·choate·ness n.
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