A.Word.A.Day--jejune

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Aug 5, 2010

This week's theme
Words for insults

This week's words
troglodyte
puerile
odoriferous
jejune

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jejune

PRONUNCIATION:

(ji-JOON)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Dull; insipid.
2. Lacking maturity; juvenile.
3. Lacking in nutrition.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin jejunus (empty, hungry, fasting, meager). A related word is jejunum, the middle part of the small intestine. It was so called because it was usually found empty after death.

USAGE:

"Some songs are inspired and done with a knowing sense of irony. Others are jaw-droppingly jejune."
John Doyle; Glee's Back; Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Apr 13, 2010.

Explore "jejune" in the Visual Thesaurus.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. -Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine, mystic (1782-1857)

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