What is another word for incunabular?

Pronunciation: [ɪnkʌnˈabjʊlə] (IPA)

Incunabular refers to something that is related to the period of time when books were first being printed using movable type, usually up to the year 1500. There are several synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably. These include "early printed," "pre-Gutenberg," "historic," "fledgling," "embryonic," "nascent," "formative," and "infant." Each of these synonyms carries a slightly different connotation and context, but they all refer to something that is in the early stages of development or evolution. Whether referring to literature, technology, or any other field, these words capture the essence of incunabular materials.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • And as he lay there a far crack of lightning went bluely down the sky and bequeathed him in an embryonic bird's first fissured vision of the world and transpiring instant and outrageous from dark to dark a final view of the grotto and the shapeless white plasm struggling upon the rich and incunabular moss like a lank swamp hare.
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