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Definition of Jejunity
1. Noun. The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated.
Generic synonyms: Dullness
Derivative terms: Jejune, Jejune, Jejune, Tame, Vapid, Vapid
2. Noun. Quality of lacking nutritive value.
Generic synonyms: Morbidity, Morbidness, Unwholesomeness
Derivative terms: Jejune, Jejune
Definition of Jejunity
1. n. The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.
Definition of Jejunity
1. Noun. Jejuneness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jejunity
1. something that is jejune [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jejunity
Literary usage of Jejunity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"The student of ethics will find herein a striking disclosure of the jejunity of
the intellectual or spiritual development of these savages when their first ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (je-june'-nes) ns Penury; poverty ; dryness ; want of matter that can engage
the attention. jejunity, (je-ju'-ne-te) nt Barrenness or dryness of style. ..."
3. Beach-la-mar: The Jargon Or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific by William Churchill (1911)
"student of ethics will find herein a striking disclosure of the jejunity of the
intellectual or spiritual development of these savages when their first need ..."
4. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"... no-furuna we find an n as to which we have no explanation in the jejunity of
our only account of the grammar of that speech. ..."
5. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1869)
"... contrasted with the jejunity, the commonplace superficiality of the literalists!
To the latter, Scripture is no mine: its treasures are at the surface; ..."
6. The Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan: To which is Added His Letter by Henry Grattan (1861)
"... would die from jejunity. If the result of the inquiry which ii House might
enter into did not satisfy some of the Catholics. i: should be recollected ..."
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