incunabular

  • 51incunabula —   pl. n. pl. (sing. lum) early printed books, especially printed before AD 1500; any early or beginning period.    ♦ incunabulist, n. student of these.    ♦ incunabular, a …

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  • 52incunabula — [in΄kyo͞o nab′yo͞o lə, in΄kyo͞o nab′yə lə] pl.n. sing. incunabulum [in΄kyo͞o nab′yo͞oləm] [L, neut. pl., swaddling clothes, cradle origin < in , in + cunabula, neut. pl., a cradle, dim. of cunae, fem. pl., a cradle < IE * k̑oinā, bed <… …

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