adj
Meaning 1
Not nutritious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jejune
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/
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/d͡ʒiˈdʒuːn/
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/ʒəˈʒuːn/
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adj
Meaning 2
Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dry, insipid, poor
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Naive; simplistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed, cute, fleeceable, foppotee, green, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, Panglossian, Panglossic, quaint, simple, simple-hearted, simple-minded, starry-eyed, unaffected, undesigning, unpretentious, unsophisticated, untested, unworldly, wide-eyed, immature, born yesterday, wet behind the ears, virgin
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking interest or significance or impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an insipid personality
- jejune novel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insipid
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- adolescent insecurity
- jejune responses to our problems
- their behavior was juvenile
- puerile jokes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adolescent, juvenile, puerile
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
lacking in nutritive value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the jejune diets of the very poor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insubstantial
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неплодороден (neplodoroden) — Not nutritious
- Polish: jałowy — Not nutritious