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2 definitions found
for jejuneness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
jejuneness
n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn:
callowness, jejuneness, juvenility]
2: the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn:
jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity,
vapidness]
3: quality of lacking nutritive value [syn: jejunity,
jejuneness]
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