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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inceptor.
Noun
inceptor (plural inceptors)
- A beginner; one in the rudiments.
- (UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
1670, Izaak Walton, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. , volume III, London: Tho Newcomb for Rich Marriott, , →OCLC, pages 21–22:And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
incipiō + -tor
Pronunciation
Noun
inceptor m (genitive inceptōris); third declension
- beginner
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
inceptor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of inceptō
References
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.