Dictionary entry

Jejune

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Je‐june″ (?), a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.]

1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.

- Je‐june″ly, adv. — Je‐june″ness, n.Bacon.