incipiency

[in-sip-ee-uhn-see]

in·cip·i·en·cy

[in-sip-ee-uhn-see]
noun
the state or condition of being incipient.
Also, in·cip·i·ence.


Origin:
1810–20; incipi(ent) + -ency
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Incipiency has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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incipient (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt)
 
adj
just starting to be or happen; beginning
 
[C17: from Latin incipiēns, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in-² + capere to take]
 
in'cipience
 
n
 
in'cipiency
 
n
 
in'cipiently
 
adv

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