It's the Word of the Day podcast for November 9th.

Today's word is Inchoate, also pronounced inchoate, and spelled I-N-C-H-O-A-T-E.

In-C-O-A-T is an adjective. It's a formal synonym of the word vague that describes

something that is not completely formed or developed yet. Here's the word used. In a sentence from

cellophane bricks, a life in visual culture by Jonathan Leitham. Graffiti inserts itself like the blade of a knife between

creation and destruction, between publicity and furtiveness, between word and image,

cartoon, icon, and hieroglyph. That its meaning is in coit is part of the point. If you can explain

it, you probably don't understand.

The word in Coet is most often used to describe something that is not or not yet completely

formed or developed. As a more formal word than its synonym vague, it's sure to add pizzazz

to any conversation, but only if you start working on pronouncing

it correctly. The first two letters of Inchoate do what you'd expect, exactly what the word

in I-N does. However, the co-it in In-coet does not share the first sound of chair, nor does it rhyme with the word O-A-T.

Instead, it shares the first sound of the word cat and rhymes with the word poet.

Enchoate came to English in the 16th century from the Latin adjective in Kohatus, meaning only begun unfinished, imperfect,

which in turn comes from a form of the verb in Kohare, meaning to start work on.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sakalowski.

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