INCUNABULUM


Meaning of INCUNABULUM in English

n. (pl. incunabula) 1 a book printed at an early date, esp. before 1501. 2 (in pl.) the early stages of the development of a thing.

[ L incunabula swaddling-clothes, cradle (as IN-(2), cunae cradle) ]

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