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    [Adjective]  | "je*june" | \ ji-ˈjün \


    1: devoid of significance or interest : dull

    2: juvenile, puerile

    3: lacking nutritive value


    Origin: 1646 ;

     Latin jejunus empty of food, hungry, meager;

    [Adjective]  | "jejune" 


    1: causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest;


      * e.g., " ... another moralizing tale filled with jejune platitudes "





    2: having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children;


      * e.g., " ... an essay filled with jejune, simplistic opinions about international politics "





     [ "jejune" ]

    1: naive, simple or childish

      * e.g.,  ... He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work. 

     [ "jejune" ]

    1: One of those words that are found in a vocabulary textbook

      * e.g.,  ... His jejune behavior made him seem as mature as a two year old. 


     [ "jejune" ]

    2: Means childish, juvenile

     [ "Jejune" ]

    1: It’s origin is the Latin word jejunus , which means without food, barren, so Jejune Literally means to intellectually starve to death.

      * e.g.,  ... Watching Fox News is very jejune. 

     [ "Jejune" ]

    1: The worst word in the English language, jejune just bleeds pomposity and snobbery. If you seriously use jejune in a sentence you a) are automatically an asshole and b) should be slapped across the mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... "I detected a jejune air that had not irked me before."- Brideshead Revisited 

     [ "Jejune" ]

    1: A word that sounds so terrible and random, that it is a top competitor for the worst word in the English language. Does this word really sound like something that describes "naive, simplistic, and superficial"?

      * e.g.,  ... There are 2 types of people in the world who use the word "jejune". 


     [ "Jejune" ]

    2: Of course not.

      * e.g.,  ...  Those who deserve to be slapped. 

     [ "Jejune" ]

    1: A word Mr. Jolly says too much and it makes no sense. Claims he got it from a tv show but idk.

      * e.g.,  ... Mr. Jolly: Jejune Everyone: Shut up 

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