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inchoate |
(adj): only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
(adj): vs. late) -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development
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I had a professor call one of my papers 'inchoate' once. Fortunately it was only a conference over a draft.
I first encountered this word in a review of the Neil Young album 'Landing On Water'. Overall it was not complimentary.
I know it's wrong, but it always looks like IN-cho-ate to my eye. Why didn't the queen consult me when she fashyned her English? Hmph!
I say "in-ko-ate" too. Arby, I always want to pronounce "Choate" as "ko-ate." Go figure.
I say in-ko-ate. It's a funny word to me because I went to Choate, which is pronounced pretty much the way it's spelled (chote).
Even though I know how to pronounce it, I always worry that it's going to come out wrong.
"in-koh-it"
Pronouncing this word terrifies me.
So much potential, so little clarity.