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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A book printed before 1501; an incunable.
  2. n. An artifact of an early period.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A book printed in the infancy of the art of printing. See incunabula, 3.
  2. n. In entomology, a cocoon.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin incūnābula ("cradle, origin"), from in- + cūnābula ("cradle"). (Wiktionary)
  2. 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). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “Obviously the Guamans are not bitter or have heard of Rev. Wrong – do they have TV in Guam?? incunabulum”

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  • “May 9th, 2008 4: 10 pm ET even the terorist believe that obama is a man of peace, love, honesty, unlike war monger macain, who believe that you have to bomb to make people agree incunabulum”

    McCain defends his 'bearings'

  • “Atreideshawk in reply to a comment from incunabulum”

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  • “It is an incunabulum- a book printed in Europe before 1501.”

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  • “He took a small box out of his satchel, and, opening it, carefully produced a book of exquisite make, an incunabulum which had been carefully illuminated to look as if it had been hand-produced.”

    Hanique, Part I

  • “Although, as some may remember, my partner's late mother used to walk off with everything including the cream pitcher and the butter dish, insisting "they want you to - they charge for it!" incunabulum (love the name, btw!) -- I'm guessing you have never waited tables.”

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  • “The show will revolve around Caravaggio's famous Lute Player, an incunabulum of Baroque portraiture of musicians.”

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  • “With his famous Lute Player, one of the highlights of the Städel's exhibition, Caravaggio had created the incunabulum of Baroque portraiture of musicians, a work enthusiastically received by his successors.”

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  • “Some good club news (2) incunabulum wrote: I haven't been yet, but I have hear ...”

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  • “Which one should I actually go to? "incunabulum, I'm eaten with people who did number 5.”

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  • joan_w Merriam-Webster says it comes from the Latin term for "bands holding a baby in the cradle." May 17, 2010

  • reesetee Also see incunabula. Dec 8, 2008

  • malechi A book printed before the 16th century; artwork from an early period

    "'It's a long story, Sergeant. A few months ago we had a rare book stolen from this room. A beautiful old Tier Buch -- a book of animals -- an incunabulum.'"
    --Carey Magoon, I Smell the Devil

    I attended an antiques fair a few months ago in upstate New York. There were many old books there -- though not as old as incunabula. The aroma of musty, falling-apart books invokes the past like nothing else, I think. Nostalgia stinks? Dec 7, 2008

  • whichbe Early printed book; early version of a thing. (from Phrontistery) May 24, 2008

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