Words Seldom Seen: Lacuna

Lacuna

Noun: An unfilled space, a gap.

Example: “The lacuna in the book was the lack of discussion of where the food came from.”

Pronunciation The plural is Lacunae

On our East Coast trip in June we spent a few nights at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston. They had an outdoor dining area with open gas fires. It was ironic to be in Elizabeth Warren country burning natural gas as if there was plenty of it. Nurit took the photo and got me and the multiple reflections perfectly.


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