jejune
11jejune — [[t]ʤɪʤu͟ːn[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something or someone as jejune, you are criticizing them for being very simple and unsophisticated. [FORMAL] They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations. 2) ADJ… …
12jejune — adjective Etymology: Latin jejunus empty of food, hungry, meager Date: 1646 1. lacking nutritive value < jejune diets > 2. devoid of significance or interest ; dull < jejune lectures > 3. juvenile, puerile < …
13jejune — adjective formal 1 ideas that are jejune are too simple: jejune political opinions 2 writing or speech that is jejune is boring …
14jejune — je•june [[t]dʒɪˈdʒun[/t]] adj. 1) lacking interest or significance; insipid: a jejune novel[/ex] 2) lacking maturity; childish: jejune behavior[/ex] 3) lacking nutritive elements: a jejune diet[/ex] • Etymology: 1605–15; < L jējūnus empty,… …
15jejune — adjective /dʒəˈdʒuːn,dʒiˈdʒuːn/ a) Not nutritious. , 1702: I have often wondered why some late Writers should sensure Tullys Letters for being too naked and jejune, when that to his Friend Lucceius, which the Reader will find in this Collection,… …
16jejune — je|june [dʒıˈdʒu:n] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: jejunus not eating, (of food) small in amount ; influenced in meaning by French jeune young ] 1.) ideas that are jejune are too simple ▪ jejune political opinions 2.) boring …
17jejune — (jeh JOON) [Latin: fasting] Without sufficient nutritive value. Meager, empty, dull, pointless, or devoid of interest; unsatisfying to the soul or mind; childish, uninformed, or unaware. She doesn’t make the jejune mistake of eating in… …
18jejune — [dʒɪ dʒu:n] adjective 1》 naive and simplistic. 2》 (of ideas or writing) dull. Derivatives jejunely adverb jejuneness noun Word History The word jejune comes from Latin jejunus fasting . It was first used in English in the 17th century in the… …
19jejune — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acarpous, ankle deep, arid, ascetic, attenuated, austere, banal, barren, blah, bland, blank, bloodless, cadaverous, celibate, characterless, childless, cold, colorless, corpselike, cursory …
20jejune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, dull; childish, immature; ignorant, uninformed. See weariness, youth, ignorance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland …
