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Jejune

created by Webster 1913

(idea) by SmallThing (5.9 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Jan 21 2002 at 22:04:43

Lacking food, hungry.

Not having enough food to nourish the body, or not having enough food to relieve hunger.

Giving evidence of lacking experience or information.

Immature, juvenile.

Websters definitions are also still in use.


(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:35:12

Je*june" (?), a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.]

1.

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

2.

Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.

- Je*june"ly, adv. -- Je*june"ness, n.

Bacon.

 

© Webster 1913.


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