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Word: Jejune
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin jejunus ‘fasting, barren’. The original sense was ‘without food’, hence ‘not intellectually nourishing’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒɪˈdʒuːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
naive, simplistic, and superficial
Short Definition:naive, simplistic, and superficial
Examples:- their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions
Definition:
(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting.
Short Definition:dry and uninteresting
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