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incunabula

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in·cu·nab·u·lum  (nky-nby-lm, ng-)
n. pl. in·cu·nab·u·la (-l)
1. A book printed before 1501; an incunable.
2. An artifact of an early period.
[New Latin incnbulum, from sing. of Latin incnbula, swaddling clothes, cradle : in-, in; see in-2 + cnbula, cradle, infancy (from cnae, cradle; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots).]
incu·nabu·lar (-lr) adj.
incunabula [ˌɪnkjʊˈnæbjʊlə]
pl n sing, -lum [-ləm]
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any book printed before 1500
2. the infancy or earliest stages of something; beginnings
[from Latin, originally: swaddling clothes, hence beginnings, from in-2 + cūnābula cradle]
incunabular  adj
Translations
incunabula [ˌɪnkjʊˈnæbjulə] NPL → incunables mpl
incunabula
pl → Inkunabeln pl, → Wiegendrucke pl


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