#incipient

[katsdynam1ght]

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chapter 6 is finally here (i'm so sorry for taking a million years)

enter present mic!!! we've had some good dadzawa, but i know everyone's been looking forward to that good good papamic content too ;)

tags! @hyperobsessed @vee-sea @finnthemann @pancakemoment @epickiya722 @kamiiin @vesterport @nielution @justtorzaplease

[shyheracule]

[softforcal]

director's commentary on gang michael bitch pleathe i am dying. i miss him and dove

okay. real talk here. Em. i only did gang Michael because i knew you would fucking kill me if i didn’t. but im glad i did. because Dove IS A GAME CHANGER in this last chapter fam. like i won’t give spoilers but uhhhh she important as fuck.

that sex scene with them playing video games was, to this day, probably my top sex scene tied with the Cromulent one 

i hope ya’ll enjoy Michael’s character arc in the final chapter that’s all i can say

5k celebration 

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[postersbykeith]

[theswordsbane]

incipient

adjective | in·cip·i·ent | \in-ˈsi-pē-ənt\

beginning to come into being or to become apparent:  <an incipient solar system>  

Not to be confused with...

insipid

adjective | in·sip·id | \in-ˈsi-pəd\

lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge :  dull, flat <insipid prose>  

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[vyuntspakhkite-writes]

Today's Word #1 - incipient

The word incipient is an adjective meaning...

pertaining to the initial stages of development; characterized by a beginning to exist or become apparent; signifying the onset of something; developing, commencing; in its early stages

"an incipient problem among workers"

(of a person) developing into a specific type or role

"the incipient athlete showed potential at tryouts"

Etymology

PIE (proto-Indo-European-) root *kap- "to grasp" --> Latin capere "to take, capture" --> combining form of capere was combined with the Latin prefix in-, "into, on, upon, in," to make incipere "begin; take up" --> the present participle of incipere, incipientem, became the Early Modern English incipient, with the first recorded use of this word being in 1633.

Synonyms

developing, impending, growing, emergent, dawning, inceptive, nascent, embryonic, fledgling, germinal, rudimentary, inchoate

If you have any words you want to know more about, let me know! If you're a writer, I encourage you to try searching your manuscript for this word and/or writing a passage using it and tagging me >:3