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A.Word.A.Day--inchoatePronunciation: WAV or RealAudioinchoate (in-KO-it) adjective 1. In an initial or early stage; incipient. 2. Imperfectly formed or developed. [Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare, to begin, alteration of incohare : in- + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.] "He (Jacob Zuma, Deputy President of S. Africa) has been caught between an inchoate government legislative programme, a powerful speaker and weak parliamentary management." The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The 1999 Report Card, Africa News Service, 23 Dec 1999. This week's theme: words from newspapers of the world.
X-BonusThose who write against vanity want the glory of having written well, and their readers the glory of reading well, and I who write this have the same desire, as perhaps those who read this have also. -Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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