Word of the Day 02/03/16 Inchoate
Feb. 3rd, 2016 03:12 amInchoate (adjective)
inchoate [in-koh-it, -eyt or, esp. British, in-koh-eyt] (previously 01-14-14)
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.
Can be confused
innate (see synonym study at innate )
Origin: 1525-35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on, perhaps equivalent to in- -in- + coh (um) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -ātus -ate
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inchoate [in-koh-it, -eyt or, esp. British, in-koh-eyt] (previously 01-14-14)
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.
Can be confused
innate (see synonym study at innate )
Origin: 1525-35; < Latin inchoātus, variant of incohātus past participle of incohāre to begin, start work on, perhaps equivalent to in- -in- + coh (um) hollow of a yoke into which the pole is fitted + -ātus -ate
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.