单词 | incunabula |
释义 | incunabula —incunabular, adj. /in'kyoo nab"yeuh leuh, ing'-/, n.pl., sing. incunabulum /-leuhm/. 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. [1815-25; < L: straps holding a baby in a cradle, earliest home, birthplace, prob. equiv. to *incuna(re) to place in a cradle (in- IN-2 + *-cunare, v. deriv. of cunae cradle) + -bula, pl. of -bulum suffix of instrument; def. 1 as trans. of G Wiegendrucke] |
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