Definitions for nascency

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

nas•centˈnæs ənt, ˈneɪ sənt(adj.)

  1. beginning to exist or develop.

Origin of nascent:

1615–25; < L nāscent-, s. of nāscēns, prp. of nāscī to be born, arise

nas′cence(n.)

nas′cen•cy(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. birth, nativity, nascency, nascence(noun)

    the event of being born

    "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

Wiktionary

  1. nascency(Noun)

    A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nascency(noun)

    state of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin


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