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OK, I've got three takers, now - and where two or three are gathered together ... So: what do you make of    INCUNABULUM PM your answers to me by 12 noon (EST) on Sunday 27 November (That'll be 5 pm for me - just before my bed time.    ) 
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Dear mister Rhuby. This looks like plain Ladin to me. Are you sure this is an English dictionary word? |  |  |  
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Yup.  Straight out of the OED, no less.  It is, of course, a Latin loan word, like so many in our language but has been in use for some time.
 
 EDIT: The latin word from which it derives means something rather different from its "English" meaning, BTW.  So those of you with a Classical education don't really have much of an advantage, pehaps?
 
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Good, you got 4 now. That's the easy part. Now for the other 6 . |  |  |  
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I am eagerly awaiting the first daffynition.  Come along now, don't be shy! 
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also done!   
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Thank you, all.  I have four, now - I could really do with another two or three, at least.  Please?    
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Oh...I just found this     someone should have emailed me (she says looking straight at Luke!) of course I want to...please wait for me...I'll get right on it ASAP |  |  |  
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I thought you were on vacation. (He said in reply to Candy). 
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No probs, Candy - you're well within the time limit, and thank you for your entry. That's five - can I have just one more, please?  - pretty please?  That'll make six with the correct definition, which would make it very nice. Don't forget, all y'all out there, you don't have to have entered  a daffynition to try and select the correct answer.  The more the merrier!          
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I remember the day when I had to beg for a place in the hogwash. Also some bribes were involved, I think.. I'm still incurabulum hooked on that silly game. Where  are you now, those who denied me a place in the pig's arena?    |  |  |  | 
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