Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before a thought becomes fully formed — before a movement finds its shape or an idea gains its edges —it exists in a hazy, ...

Continuing the exploration of distinctive and intellectually rich vocabulary, today’s Word of the Day is “inchoate”, a word that captures the state of something just beginning, yet not fully formed.

Before a thought becomes fully formed — before a movement finds its shape or an idea gains its edges —it exists in a hazy, half-made state. The English language has a surprisingly precise word for ...