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adjective
1.
not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
2.
just begun; incipient.
3.
not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on, perhaps equivalent to in- -in-2 + coh(um) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -ātus -ate1
1525–35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on, perhaps equivalent to in- -in-2 + coh(um) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
in·cho·ate·ly, adverb
in·cho·ate·ness, noun
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| inchoate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | just beginning; incipient |
| 2. | undeveloped; immature; rudimentary |
| 3. | (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to begin |
| [C16: from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from | |
| in'choately | |
| —adv | |
| in'choateness | |
| —n | |
| incho'ation | |
| —n | |
| inchoative | |
| —adj | |
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inchoate
1534, from L. inchoatus, pp. of inchoare, alteration of incohare "to begin," originally "to hitch up," from in- "on" + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke."
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