lacunose
lacunose adjective: full of gaps or lacunae.
Adjective
lacunose (comparative more lacunose, superlative most lacunose)
- Full of gaps or lacunae.
- Thus the translation attempts to render the lacunose text as accurately as possible.1995, Iain Gardner, “Comments on the Translation”, in The Kephalaia of the Teacher: The Edited Coptic Manichaean Texts in Translation with Commentary, E.J. Brill, page xxxvii
- 17. Dio, 79(78).15–16 is sadly lacunose, but it is clear that Dio describes the reception by the Senate of letters from Macrinus, which Macrinus signed using the titles of office: [...]2012, Clifford Ando, Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century (The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome), 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH89LF: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 64
- Having large, deep depressions; pitted; having the surface covered with small cavities.
Forms of lacunose
| comparative | more lacunose |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lacunose |
Origin of lacunose
From lacuna + -ose.
Words formed from lacunose
Questions about lacunose
- What does lacunose mean?
- Lacunose means full of gaps or lacunae.
- What part of speech is lacunose?
- Lacunose is an adjective.
Words near lacunose in the dictionary
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