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incipit

incipit

English

Noun

incipit ‎(plural incipits)

  1. The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
  2. (music) The first few bars of a piece of music.

Latin

Verb

incipit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of incipiō

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin incipit ‎(“it begins”).

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