Incunable Definition
ĭn-kyo͝onə-bəl
noun
An incunabulum.
American Heritage
A very early printed book, specifically one printed before 1501; an incunabulum.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Incunable
Noun
Singular:
incunable
Plural:
incunablesOrigin of Incunable
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From French incunable, from Latin incunabula (“swaddling-clothes, cradle”). Compare incunabulum.
From Wiktionary
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French from New Latin incūnābulum incunabulum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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