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.
| 1816 T. Brown Elem. Conchol. 155 Lacunose, having the surface covered with small pits. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 270 Lacunose (lacunosa), having a few scattered, irregular, broadish but shallow excavations. 1874 Cooke Fungi 56 These latter have either a smooth, warted, spinulose, or lacunose epispore. |
b. Of a manuscript: Full of gaps or hiatuses.
| 1894 R. 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.
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 655/2 Lacunoso-rugose, marked by deep broad irregular wrinkles, as the shell of the walnut, or stone of the peach. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 13 Ribs slender, solid, not lacunoso-fistulose, as in the preceding. |
Hence lacuˈnosity, lacunose quality.
| 1895 Athenæum 31 Aug. 290/2 The vocabulary conveys a general impression of lacunosity and inconsistency. |