Incipient (adj)
in-sip-ee-ent
Beginning to happen or develop.
Late 16th century (as a noun denoting a beginner): from Latin incipient- ‘undertaking, beginning’, from the verb incipere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + capere ‘take’.
Example sentences
“They were more like friends that incipient lovers.”
Word of the Day - Filotimo / Philotimo (φιλότιμο) (noun) (Greek) fee-lo-tee-mo
