in·cho·ate (?n-k???t, -?t?)adj.1. Being in a beginning or early stage; incipient: “The country was developing an incipient national art, an inchoate national literature” (Jay Winik).2. Imperfectly formed or developed; disordered or incoherent: “A prophet must be a good public speaker, someone who can transform inchoate rage into eloquent diatribe” (David Leavitt).[Latin incho?tus, past participle of incho?re, to begin, alteration of incoh?re : in-, in; see in-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]in·cho?ate·ly adv.in·cho?ate·ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.inchoate adj 1. just beginning; incipient 2. undeveloped; immature; rudimentary 3. (Law) (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid vb (tr) to begin [C16: from Latin incoh?re to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from in-2 + cohum yokestrap] in?choately adv in?choateness n ?incho?ation n inchoative adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014in?cho?ate (?n?ko? ?t, -e?t; esp. Brit. ??n ko??e?t) adj. 1. not yet completed or fully developed. 2. just begun; incipient. [1525?35;