I ran across this word today in my reading of Sam Harris's book, The End of Faith, and I think it's a fine word to share with all of you.
Inchoate (in-KOH-it, -eyt or, especially Brit., IN-koh-eyt) [Latin; incohÄre; to begin, to start work on]
- not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- just begun; incipient.
- not organized; lacking order.
Usage: Even though the Democrats could capture one or both houses of congress, their plan of action appears to be an inchoate mass of ideas at this point in time.
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It's Cthulhu Day today! There's a list of activities you should do today, but I've got my own ideas, and prefer not to tell you what they are, instead leaving you with a sense of inchoate unfolding dread.
I remember the last time I saw the milky way. I was at my aunt's house in the foothills of the Sierras, and late at night the dense river of stars emerges. But that is still not the true milky way, or so I hear.
Our Benevolent Seed Overlords ask:
What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally....
Diana of Letter from Gotham expresses some of what I've been thinking.
Isn't he the senator from Oklahoma?
Ah, yes. I recognize that word from its cousin, inchoative - used to describe Slavic verbs with certain prefixes. For instance, zvonit' means to ring, and zazvonit' means to begin to ring, to set ringing.