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lacunary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
la-cu-nary
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.

Etymology

Etymology tree English lacuna Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English lacunary From lacuna + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more lacunary (comparative) most lacunary (superlative)

Phrases

lacunary function lacunary series lacunary space lacunary value

Questions

What does lacunary mean?
Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
Where does lacunary come from?
Etymology tree English lacuna Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English lacunary From lacuna + -ary.

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