Associations to the word «Embryonic»

Wiktionary

EMBRYONIC, adjective. (embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
EMBRYONIC, adjective. (figuratively) Something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving; something that has yet to reach its full potential.

Dictionary definition

EMBRYONIC, adjective. Of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development".
EMBRYONIC, adjective. In an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats