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lacunosity

lacunosity noun: the quality of being lacunose.

Noun

lacunosity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being lacunose.
    • The variegated, inconsistent picture it presents is no trick played by its lacunosity, but a function of its diverse origins and uses; thus in a text like Idyll, it is not simply a question for us to unravel syncretistic matter from some essential Adonia.2000, Transactions of the American Philological Association
    • Though I shall develop my argument using archaeological and textual data, I want to stress the lacunosity of the various types of evidence for the construction of real temporal sequences, whether they be historical or archaeological.2002, Paul Arthur, Naples, from Roman Town to City-state: An Archaeological Perspective, →ISBN

Origin of lacunosity

From lacunose + -ity.

Questions about lacunosity

What does lacunosity mean?
Lacunosity means the quality of being lacunose.
What part of speech is lacunosity?
Lacunosity is a noun.

Words near lacunosity in the dictionary

  1. lacunes
  2. lacunin
  3. lacuno-rugose
  4. lacunocanalicular
  5. lacunose
  6. lacunosity
  7. lacunous
  8. lacunule
  9. lacunules
  10. lacunulose
  11. lacunæ

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