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cuacecelicapil.

Headword: 
cuacecelicapil.
Principal English Translation: 

a newborn whose crown is still not closed, soft spot still not closed; refers metaphorically to one who still lacks experience in the things of life (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quacecelicapil
Alonso de Molina: 

quacecelicapil. mancebillo que aun no tiene cerrada la mollera, y metaphoricamente se dize del que tiene poca experiencia delas cosas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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