Definition of Jejune

1. Adjective. Lacking in nutritive value. "The jejune diets of the very poor"

Exact synonyms: Insubstantial
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Jejuneness, Jejunity

2. Adjective. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. "Puerile jokes"
Exact synonyms: Adolescent, Juvenile, Puerile
Similar to: Immature
Derivative terms: Jejuneness, Jejunity, Juvenility, Puerility

3. Adjective. Lacking interest or significance or impact. "Jejune novel"
Exact synonyms: Insipid
Similar to: Uninteresting
Derivative terms: Insipidness, Jejuneness, Jejunity

Definition of Jejune

1. a. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

Definition of Jejune

1. Adjective. Not nutritious. ¹

2. Adjective. Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. ¹

3. Adjective. Naive; simplistic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jejune

1. uninteresting; childish [adj] : JEJUNELY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jejune

jehadi
jehadis
jehadism
jehadist
jehadists
jehads
jehu
jehus
jejeunostomy
jejeunum
jejuna
jejunal
jejunal and ileal veins
jejunal arteries
jejunal artery
jejune (current term)
jejunectomy
jejunely
jejuneness
jejunenesses
jejunities
jejunitis
jejunity
jejuno-
jejunocolostomy
jejunogastric
jejunoileal
jejunoileal shunt

Literary usage of Jejune

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"—Josephine Young Case, Atlantic, May 1946 jejune Todd & Hancock 1986 call ... Nevertheless, jejune seems to be capable of breaking out in any of several ..."

2. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"... and there was some color for their detraction in some rather jejune expositions of the Hebrew Scriptures contained in the book. The physiolo. ..."

3. The Historical Magazine (1859)
"Indeed, so "jejune and feeble" is the article thus admitted into the Magazine, that the writer in the "Courier and Enquirer'' declares, ..."

4. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"In th- abstruse and jejune philosophical discussions which occupy so large a proportion o! the poem, it is hardly possible, without a sacrifice of ..."

5. The Vicars of Rochdale by Francis Robert Raines (1883)
"... and that his discourses, from all the specimens seen by him,* appear to have been extremely jejune and unprofitable, a circumstance which would alone ..."

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