jejune : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jejune	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jejune
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jejune adj lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor" Synonym(s): insubstantial, jejune displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" Synonym(s): adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" Synonym(s): insipid, jejune
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jejune \Jejune"\, 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. - {Jejune"ly}, adv. -- {Jejune"ness}, n. --Bacon.