(What follows is a post I wrote to an SCA Arts & Sciences related email list. The question had been asked, "What degree of humility is expected or desired regarding the practice of art? ... At what point does sharing or talking about one's art become egregious?" This was my response ( Read more... )

"inchoate"

Meaning: not completely formed or developed yet; being only partly in existence or operation; incipient; imperfectly formed or formulated; formless, incoherent

From: Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare to start work on, perhaps from in- + cohum, part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fitted ( Read more... )