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单词 jejuneness
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jejunenessn.

Brit. /dʒiːˈdʒuːnnəs/, /dʒᵻˈdʒuːnnəs/, U.S. /dʒəˈdʒu(n)nəs/
Etymology: formed as jejune adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being jejune.
1. Deficiency of (physical) substance; thinness, meagreness, attenuation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness
scantnessc1386
parcity1509
tenuity1535
scantiness1567
bareness1580
barrenness1587
exiguity1604
leanness1612
meagreness1622
thinness1623
jejuneness1626
macilencya1631
narrowness1647
straitnessa1704
flimsinessa1763
threadbareness1771
poorness1782
skimpiness1879
threadbarity1892
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §799 The Ieiunenesse or extreme Comminution of Spirits.
1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 154 The grand and proxime Cause seems to be their jejuness and poverty of spirits.
2. Emptiness of interest or intellectually satisfying quality; baldness, meagreness, poverty.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > baldness
poverty1597
jejunity1623
jejuneness1655
baldness1781
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 15 Many much admiring the jejunenesse of his discourse.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 48 The jejuneness and penury of our municipal law.
1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. xv. 339 The pages of the annalist, where there are any, are so dull that we scarcely complain of their jejuneness.
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