LACUNA (noun) A gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series or logical argument; hiatus.
SOURCE: A novel entitled 2666, given to me for Christmas by my brother John. The word appeared in the first paragraph: “The young Pelletier didn’t realize at the time that the novel was part of a trilogy. . . , but this ignorance or lapse or bibliographical lacuna, attributable only to his extreme youth, did nothing to diminish the wonder and admiration that the novel stirred in him.
USE IN A SENTENCE: The newly discovered Civil War document filled an important lacuna in the museum’s archives.
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