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English
Image:Gutenberg open.jpg|thumb|An incunabulum
Etymology
From L. term|incunabula|incÅ«nÄbula|cradle, origin, from term|in-|lang=la + term|cunabula|cÅ«nÄbula|cradle.
Pronunciation
IPA|/Ëɪn.kjÊËnæb.jÊ.lÉm/
audio|en-us-incunabulum.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|incunabula
- A book, single sheet, or image that was printed â not handwritten â before the year 1501 in Europe.
#*2004, Luisa Graves (translator), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (author), The Shadow of the Wind,
#*: Something about him reminded me of one of those figures from old-fashioned playing cards or the sort used by fortune-tellers, a print straight from the pages of an incunabulum: his presence was both funereal and incandescent, like a curse dressed in its Sunday best.
Usage notes
This word is better known, and more widely used, in its plural form, term|incunabula.
Related terms
incunable
incunabular
incunabulist
References
Incunabula Collections, The British Library
Weird Words
zh:incunabulum
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