Word of the Week: 28 Feb 2011

[Natalie_R 10]

This week's word-of the-week is:

 

Incunabulum

 

Any guesses?

 

Here's a clue: It comes from the Latin word cunae, which means "cradle"

[JPBon 10]

a book or pamphlet, that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501.

[lilythepink 10]

... printed books, especially before 1500.

 

Did people print books that long ago? Good heavens!

[JPBon 10]

Yip they printed back then

[DestinysAngels 10]

Incunable, or sometimes incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively) is a book, pamphlet, or broadside,[1] that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe. "Incunable" is the anglicised singular form of "incunabula", Latin for "swaddling clothes" or "cradle"[2] which can refer to "the earliest stages or first traces in the development of anything."[3] A former term for "incunable" is "fifteener," referring to the fifteenth century.

[MsPlod 10]

I thought it was the small piece of cartilege joining the infundibulum to the other thingy...:embarrest:

[lilythepink 10]

I thought it was the small piece of cartilege joining the infundibulum to the other thingy...:embarrest:

 

Do you mean a frontal lobotomy or a bottle in front of me, MsPlod? :confused:

[Natalie_R 10]

a book or pamphlet, that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501.

 

Well done JPBon!

And lilythepink, of course :awesome:

[wayjen 10]

cradle snatcher?

[JPBon 10]

Who knows what pogonotrophy is?

 

and your tip is I have one.

[admin 0]

The growing of facial hair, so you have a beard....

[JPBon 10]

The growing of facial hair, so you have a beard....

 

That would be correct.

 

I think there should be a lot more Callipygian in this world.

[MsPlod 10]

I think there should be a lot more Callipygian in this world.

I aspire to meet that need LOL!!! Working out at gym like mad...

[admin 0]

Word of the day : CHOKERS

 

*Tip : It has to do with a certain sport :disgusted:

[lilythepink 10]

Coils with low resistance and large inductance inserted in circuit ... I think this one fits today's team pretty well!!