Archive for May 4th, 2012
Weird Word: Lacuna
by Nojh on May.04, 2012, under Articles, Weird Words, Writing
Lacuna
Noun
- A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
- An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
- (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
- (linguistics) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language
Used in a sentence:
- Lacunae covered the carapace of the creature, providing a false sense of hope that one might find some sort of hole through which to pierce through.
Source: Wiktionary
Commentary:
Formerly Latin and then Italian, the question is was it an English word before it was a scientific word, or vice versa? Another weird word that I like the sound of. Also much easier to say than “a small pit or depression”. I’ll be trying to work this into my descriptions.
