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in⋅cu⋅nab⋅u⋅la
[in-kyoo-nab-yuh-luh, ing-] 
–plural noun, singular -lum [-luh
m] .
[-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; < L: straps holding a baby in a cradle, earliest home, birthplace, prob. equiv. to *incūnā(re) to place in a cradle (in- in- 2 + *-cūnāre, v. deriv. of cūnae cradle) + -bula, pl. of -bulum suffix of instrument; def. 1 as trans. of G Wiegendrucke
1815–25; < L: straps holding a baby in a cradle, earliest home, birthplace, prob. equiv. to *incūnā(re) to place in a cradle (in- in- 2 + *-cūnāre, v. deriv. of cūnae cradle) + -bula, pl. of -bulum suffix of instrument; def. 1 as trans. of G Wiegendrucke
Related forms:
in⋅cu⋅nab⋅u⋅lar, adjective
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| in·cu·nab·u·lum (ĭn'kyə-nāb'yə-ləm, ĭng'-) n. pl. in·cu·nab·u·la (-lə)
[New Latin incūnābulum, from sing. of Latin incūnābula, swaddling clothes, cradle : in-, in; see in-2 + cūnābula, cradle, infancy (from cūnae, cradle; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots).] in'cu·nab'u·lar (-lər) adj. |
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