plural noun, singular in·cu·nab·u·lum 
[-luh
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[-luhm] . 1.
extant copies of books produced in the earliest stages (before 1501) of printing from movable type.
2.
the earliest stages or first traces of anything.
Origin:
1815–25; < Latin: straps holding a baby in a cradle, earliest home, birthplace, probably equivalent to *incūnā(re) to place in a cradle (in- in-2 + *-cūnāre, verbal derivative of cūnae cradle) + -bula, plural of -bulum suffix of instrument; def. 1 as translation of German Wiegendrucke
1815–25; < Latin: straps holding a baby in a cradle, earliest home, birthplace, probably equivalent to *incūnā(re) to place in a cradle (in- in-2 + *-cūnāre, verbal derivative of cūnae cradle) + -bula, plural of -bulum suffix of instrument; def. 1 as translation of German Wiegendrucke
Related forms
in·cu·nab·u·lar, adjective
post·in·cu·nab·u·la, adjective
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| —pl n , sing -lum | |
| 1. | any book printed before 1501 |
| 2. | the infancy or earliest stages of something; beginnings |
| [C19: from Latin, originally: swaddling clothes, hence beginnings, from | |
| incu'nabular | |
| —adj | |
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