Incunable Definition

ĭn-kyo͝onə-bəl
noun
An incunabulum.
American Heritage

A very early printed book, specifically one printed before 1501; an incunabulum.

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Other Word Forms of Incunable

Noun

Singular:
incunable
Plural:
incunables

Origin of Incunable

  • From French incunable, from Latin incunabula (“swaddling-clothes, cradle”). Compare incunabulum.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from New Latin incūnābulum incunabulum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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