Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jejuneness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Jejune \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

jejuneness
n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: {callowness},
{juvenility}]
2: the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: {jejunity},
{tameness}, {vapidity}, {vapidness}]
3: quality of lacking nutritive value [syn: {jejunity}]


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