fifteener
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fifteener
noun fifteeners
- A film assigned an age rating of 15, those under 15 not being permitted to view it. Not intensely bloody decapitation, but the sort of violence you'd see in a fifteener.
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A book or other printed item that was printed in the 15th century (thus, during the first half-century of printing).
When here and there throughout those volumes you meet with titles of books now either unknown entirely or of the greatest rarity; when you find the Colophon from the end or the "insignum typographi" from the first leaf of a rare "fifteener" pasted down with dozens of others varying in value, you can
Similar: incunabulum, incunable
Talk about this word "fifteener." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fifteener. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fifteener. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fifteener "fifteener." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fifteener.Cite this
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title = {fifteener},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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