jejune
1Jejune — is the name of a band which formed in the mid 90s at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. The band has been commonly identified with the emo genre, particularly the late 90s indie emo scene. The three founding members, Arabella… …
2jejune — is pronounced ji joon. It properly means ‘meagre, scanty; dull or uninteresting’ and is used primarily of ideas or arguments. It is derived from the Latin word jejunus meaning ‘fasting’, and originally meant ‘without food’ in English. The writer… …
3Jejune — Datos generales Origen Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos Información artís …
4Jejune — 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; …
5jejune — I (dull) adjective bleak, boresome, boring, colorless, common, commonplace, drearisome, dreary, dry, flat, flavorless, hollow, indifferent, insipid, monotonous, ordinary, plain, ponderous, prosaic, prosy, stolid, tame, tasteless, tedious, thin,… …
6jejune — (adj.) 1610s, dull in the mind, flat, insipid, from L. ieiunus empty, dry, barren, lit. fasting, hungry, of obscure origin …
7jejune — insipid, vapid, flat, wishy washy, inane, banal Analogous words: *thin, slight, slim, tenuous: arid, *dry: attenuated, extenuated, diluted, thinned (see THIN vb): *meager, skimpy, exiguous Contrasted words: lavish, *profuse, lush, luxuriant,… …
8jejune — ► ADJECTIVE 1) naive and simplistic. 2) (of ideas or writings) dull. ORIGIN Latin jejunus fasting, barren …
9jejune — [ji jo͞on′] adj. [L jejunus, empty, dry, barren] 1. not nourishing; barren 2. not interesting or satisfying; dull or empty 3. [? by confusion with JUVENILE] not mature; childish jejunely adv. jejuneness n …
10jejune — jejunely, adv. jejuneness, jejunity, n. /ji joohn /, adj. 1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel. 2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior. 3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to… …
