Incunabulum
n
ky
-n
b
y-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 inc
n
bulum, 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).]
nbulum, 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.
cu·nabu·lar (-lr) adj.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabulum
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