Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incipient \In*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere
   to begin. See {Inception}.]
   Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as,
   the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. --
   {In*cip"i*ent*ly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

incipient
     adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient
           civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague
           inchoate idea" [syn: {inchoate}]