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lacuna

noun
/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.

  1. learned borrowing from lacūna — “a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”

Definitions

  1. A small opening

    A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.

  2. A small blank space

    A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

    • "Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunæ by some measure of primitive common sense," remarked Challenger.

The neighborhood

Derived

lacunal, lacunar, lacunary, lacunate, lacunose

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lacuna. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA