jejune
a . 贫弱的,不毛的,无味干燥的,不成熟的
贫弱的,不毛的,无味乾燥的,不成熟的
jejune adj 1 :
lacking in nutritive value ; "
the jejune diets of the very poor " [
synonym : {
insubstantial }, {
jejune }]
2 :
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity ; "
adolescent insecurity "; "
jejune responses to our problems "; "
their behavior was juvenile "; "
puerile jokes " [
synonym : {
adolescent },
{
jejune }, {
juvenile }, {
puerile }]
3 :
lacking interest or significance or impact ; "
an insipid personality "; "
jejune novel " [
synonym : {
insipid }, {
jejune }]
Jejune \
Je *
june "\,
a . [
L .
jejunus fasting ,
hungry ,
dry ,
barren ,
scanty ;
of unknown origin .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Lacking matter ;
empty ;
void of substance .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Void of interest ;
barren ;
meager ;
dry ;
as ,
a jejune narrative .
3 .
Juvenile ;
childish ;
immature .
[
PJC ]
4 .
Lacking nutritional value .
[
PJC ] - {
Je *
june "
ly },
adv . -- {
Je *
june "
ness },
n . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
208 Moby Thesaurus words for "
jejune ":
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
acarpous ,
ankle -
deep ,
arid ,
ascetic ,
attenuated ,
austere ,
banal ,
barren ,
blah ,
bland ,
blank ,
bloodless ,
cadaverous ,
celibate ,
characterless ,
childless ,
cold ,
colorless ,
corpselike ,
cursory ,
dead ,
depthless ,
desert ,
desolate ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
dismal ,
draggy ,
drained ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dried -
up ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
emacerated ,
emaciate ,
emaciated ,
empty ,
empty -
headed ,
empty -
minded ,
empty -
pated ,
empty -
skulled ,
epidermal ,
etiolated ,
exhausted ,
exiguous ,
fade ,
fallow ,
flat ,
flavorless ,
frugal ,
fruitless ,
gaunt ,
gelded ,
gruelly ,
haggard ,
heavy ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
hollow -
eyed ,
impotent ,
impoverished ,
inane ,
indifferent ,
ineffectual ,
inexcitable ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
innocuous ,
insipid ,
issueless ,
knee -
deep ,
leached ,
leaden ,
lean ,
lifeless ,
light ,
limited ,
low -
spirited ,
marantic ,
marasmic ,
meager ,
mean ,
menopausal ,
mild ,
milk -
and -
water ,
miserly ,
namby -
pamby ,
narrow ,
niggardly ,
nonfertile ,
nonproducing ,
nonproductive ,
nonprolific ,
not deep ,
on the surface ,
pale ,
pallid ,
paltry ,
pappy ,
parsimonious ,
peaked ,
peaky ,
pedestrian ,
pinched ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
poor ,
pulpy ,
puny ,
rattlebrained ,
rattleheaded ,
sapless ,
savorless ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scatterbrained ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimpy ,
shallow ,
shallow -
rooted ,
shoal ,
shriveled ,
sine prole ,
skeletal ,
skimp ,
skimpy ,
skin -
deep ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
slow ,
small ,
solemn ,
spare ,
sparing ,
spiceless ,
spiritless ,
stale ,
starvation ,
starved ,
starveling ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
stodgy ,
straitened ,
stuffy ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
sucked dry ,
superficial ,
surface ,
tabetic ,
tabid ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
teemless ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
trivial ,
uncultivated ,
underfed ,
undernourished ,
unfertile ,
unflavored ,
unfruitful ,
unlively ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
unplowed ,
unproductive ,
unprofound ,
unprolific ,
unsavory ,
unsown ,
untilled ,
vacant ,
vacuous ,
vapid ,
virgin ,
washy ,
waste ,
wasted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
weazeny ,
wishy -
washy ,
withered ,
without issue ,
wizened ,
wooden ,
wraithlike
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JEJUNE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Did you know? Is it jejune? Starved for excitement? You won't get it from something jejune The term comes to us from the Latin word jejunus, which means "empty of food," "hungry," or "meager "
JEJUNE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Jejune definition: without interest or significance; dull; insipid See examples of JEJUNE used in a sentence
JEJUNE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Boredom, tedium and boring things (Definition of jejune from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
jejune - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”) jejune (comparative more jejune, superlative most jejune) (dated, now rare) Not nutritious
jejune adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of jejune adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
jejune, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary jejune, adj meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
Jejune - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Basically jejune means lacking substance It originally comes from the Latin word jejunus, which means “fasting,” so when something is jejune, it’s figuratively empty — devoid of intellectual nourishment
JEJUNE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe something or someone as jejune, you mean they are dull and boring
jejune — Wordorigins. org The word comes from the Latin jejunus meaning fasting, going without food, and in fact there is an obsolete English sense of jejune meaning just that
Jejune - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline Originating from Latin ieiunus meaning "empty, dry," linked to a PIE root for "worship," jejune means dull, insipid, or lacking interest