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lacunose, a.|ləˈkjuːnəʊs|
[ad. L. lacūnōs-us, f. lacūna lacuna.]
Abounding in lacunæ: a. Having many cavities or depressions; furrowed, pitted; spec. in Nat. Hist.
1816T. Brown Elem. Conchol. 155 Lacunose, having the surface covered with small pits. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 270 Lacunose (lacunosa), having a few scattered, irregular, broadish but shallow excavations. 1874Cooke Fungi 56 These latter have either a smooth, warted, spinulose, or lacunose epispore.
b. Of a manuscript: Full of gaps or hiatuses.
1894R. Ellis Fables of Phaedrus 9 The lacunose condition of both MSS. at this part of Book iv.
¶ In combining form lacunoso-: lacuˌnoso-ˈfistulose a. Bot., having lacunæ and fistulæ; lacuˌnoso-ˈrugose a. Bot., wrinkled with irregular furrows.
1866Treas. Bot. 655/2 Lacunoso-rugose, marked by deep broad irregular wrinkles, as the shell of the walnut, or stone of the peach. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 13 Ribs slender, solid, not lacunoso-fistulose, as in the preceding.
Hence lacuˈnosity, lacunose quality.
1895Athenæum 31 Aug. 290/2 The vocabulary conveys a general impression of lacunosity and inconsistency. |