jejuneadj.

Brit.

/dʒᵻˈdʒuːn/, U.S.

/dʒəˈdʒun/

Etymology: < Latin jējūnus fasting.

†1. Without food, fasting; hungry. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > [adjective]

fastingOE

unetea1387

sober1535

jejunea1620

esurial1708

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry

hungryc950

hungering971

hollow1362

eagera1475

empty?1490

ahungrya1500

sharp-set1540

greedlya1546

anhungry1578

starveling1578

belly-pinched1608

mad-hungry1608

jejunea1620

sharp-bent1675

sharp1678

nithered1691

peckish1714

stomach-tight1718

yap1768

yaupish1789

picksome1847

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §2. 199 When their Bellies are distended, and full; yet their appetites are ieiune, and emptie.

1670 J. Beale in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1162 Poor and jejune people, who are accustomed to drinks almost as weak as water.

a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 156 That cold, jejune, lifeless frame.

2. Deficient in nourishing or substantial (physical) qualities; thin, attenuated, scanty; meagre, unsatisfying; (of land) poor, barren.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre > specifically of material things

meagre?1553

jejune1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 162 Jejune or limpid water, and nearer the simplicity of its Element.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. iii. 135 Those jejune and insipid morsels.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 276 They might never see such a Poor, Jejune, and Degenerate State of the Vegetable Kingdom.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 54 Not from the sable ground expect success, Nor from cretaceous, stubborn and jejune.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 5 That they [fish] are best pleased with such jejune diet may easily be confuted.

a. Unsatisfying to the mind or soul; dull, flat, insipid, bald, dry, uninteresting; meagre, scanty, thin, poor; wanting in substance or solidity. Said of thought, feeling, action, etc., and esp. of speech or writing; also transferred of the speaker or writer. (The prevailing sense.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

feeblec1400

colourlessc1425

flagging1540

pithless1555

blanched1570

toothless1592

unpointed1604

unsinewed1604

jejune1615

low-pitched1622

unsinewy?1623

macilent1624

flaccid1647

insinewy1653

unsubstanceda1658

incogent1667

pointless1673

languida1677

enervatea1704

unaccentuated1716

unnervate1725

lank1729

unforcible1754

nerveless1763

weak1771

flabby1793

slip-slop1814

tinkling1822

exsanguinea1834

twittery1840

slipshod1842

under-coloured1870

shaftless1881

thin1890

unaccented1893

wimpish1925

wimp1979

1615 [implied in: E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 100 The Knight saw how Ieiunely his Aduersary pleaded for Purgatory. (at jejunely adv.)].

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. i. xiii Jejune exilities.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ii. 36 A forcʼd and jejune devotion, void of inward Life and Love.

1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) (at cited word) When we say of an Oration, Sermon, or any Discourse, that it is Jejune, we mean, sory, paltry, and veryordinary stuffe.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 49 Have employed so much time in such empty and jejune speculations.

c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 478 The short jejune way in mathematiques will not do in metaphysiques.

1758 Blackstone in Comm. I. 16 He gives what seems..a very jejune and unsatisfactory reason.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 273 The chroniclers of those times are few and jejune.

b. Puerile, childish; also, naïve.¶ This use may owe its origin to the mistaken belief that the word is connected with Latin juvenis young (comparative junior), or French jeune young.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective]

childishc1405

indigest1423

bairnly1533

babish?1552

babished1563

babyish1646

puerilea1680

chitty1755

jejune1898

immature1902

1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man ii. 29 His jejune credulity as to the absolute value of his concepts.

1975 Economist 22 Nov. 14/1 Is anybody..now so jejune as not to realise that the state ownership of the deadweight of present nationalised industries must prevent Labour governments from being able to follow..their social policies.

1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Aug. 10 Other people..write in to correct you if you define the word..‘jejune’ as ‘childish’.

1982 M. Howard Eppie (1983) xxxiii. 271 Mother seemed jejune, at times, with her enthusiasms and her sense of mission.

†4. jejune gut n. = jejunum n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > small intestines > jejunum

fasting guta1413

jejunum?1541

hungry gut1552

jejune gut1696

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Jejune Gut, the second of the small Guts, so called, because it is frequently empty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jejune
释义	jejuneadj. Brit. /dʒᵻˈdʒuːn/, U.S. /dʒəˈdʒun/ Etymology: < Latin jējūnus fasting. †1. Without food, fasting; hungry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > [adjective] fastingOE unetea1387 sober1535 jejunea1620 esurial1708 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry hungryc950 hungering971 hollow1362 eagera1475 empty?1490 ahungrya1500 sharp-set1540 greedlya1546 anhungry1578 starveling1578 belly-pinched1608 mad-hungry1608 jejunea1620 sharp-bent1675 sharp1678 nithered1691 peckish1714 stomach-tight1718 yap1768 yaupish1789 picksome1847 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §2. 199 When their Bellies are distended, and full; yet their appetites are ieiune, and emptie. 1670 J. Beale in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1162 Poor and jejune people, who are accustomed to drinks almost as weak as water. a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 156 That cold, jejune, lifeless frame. 2. Deficient in nourishing or substantial (physical) qualities; thin, attenuated, scanty; meagre, unsatisfying; (of land) poor, barren. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre > specifically of material things meagre?1553 jejune1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 162 Jejune or limpid water, and nearer the simplicity of its Element. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) v. iii. 135 Those jejune and insipid morsels. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 276 They might never see such a Poor, Jejune, and Degenerate State of the Vegetable Kingdom. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 54 Not from the sable ground expect success, Nor from cretaceous, stubborn and jejune. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 5 That they [fish] are best pleased with such jejune diet may easily be confuted. 3. a. Unsatisfying to the mind or soul; dull, flat, insipid, bald, dry, uninteresting; meagre, scanty, thin, poor; wanting in substance or solidity. Said of thought, feeling, action, etc., and esp. of speech or writing; also transferred of the speaker or writer. (The prevailing sense.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 1615 [implied in: E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 100 The Knight saw how Ieiunely his Aduersary pleaded for Purgatory. (at jejunely adv.)]. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. i. xiii Jejune exilities. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ii. 36 A forcʼd and jejune devotion, void of inward Life and Love. 1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) (at cited word) When we say of an Oration, Sermon, or any Discourse, that it is Jejune, we mean, sory, paltry, and veryordinary stuffe. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 49 Have employed so much time in such empty and jejune speculations. c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 478 The short jejune way in mathematiques will not do in metaphysiques. 1758 Blackstone in Comm. I. 16 He gives what seems..a very jejune and unsatisfactory reason. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 273 The chroniclers of those times are few and jejune. b. Puerile, childish; also, naïve.¶ This use may owe its origin to the mistaken belief that the word is connected with Latin juvenis young (comparative junior), or French jeune young. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective] childishc1405 indigest1423 bairnly1533 babish?1552 babished1563 babyish1646 puerilea1680 chitty1755 jejune1898 immature1902 1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man ii. 29 His jejune credulity as to the absolute value of his concepts. 1975 Economist 22 Nov. 14/1 Is anybody..now so jejune as not to realise that the state ownership of the deadweight of present nationalised industries must prevent Labour governments from being able to follow..their social policies. 1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Aug. 10 Other people..write in to correct you if you define the word..‘jejune’ as ‘childish’. 1982 M. Howard Eppie (1983) xxxiii. 271 Mother seemed jejune, at times, with her enthusiasms and her sense of mission. †4. jejune gut n. = jejunum n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > small intestines > jejunum fasting guta1413 jejunum?1541 hungry gut1552 jejune gut1696 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Jejune Gut, the second of the small Guts, so called, because it is frequently empty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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