Jejunity

Jejunity
Jejunity Je*ju"ni*ty, n. The quality of being jejune; jejuneness. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • jejunity — noun Jejuneness …   Wiktionary

  • jejunity — je·ju·ni·ty …   English syllables

  • jejunity — noun 1. the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated • Syn: ↑jejuneness, ↑tameness, ↑vapidity, ↑vapidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑vapid (for: ↑vapidness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • jejuneness — noun 1. lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life • Syn: ↑callowness, ↑juvenility • Derivationally related forms: ↑juvenile (for: ↑juvenility), ↑jejune …   Useful english dictionary

  • tameness — noun 1. the attribute of having been domesticated • Syn: ↑domestication • Ant: ↑wildness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tame • Hypernyms: ↑tractability, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • vapidity — noun the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated • Syn: ↑jejunity, ↑jejuneness, ↑tameness, ↑vapidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑vapid (for: ↑vapidness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • vapidness — noun the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated • Syn: ↑jejunity, ↑jejuneness, ↑tameness, ↑vapidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑vapid, ↑vapid (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • jejune — jejunely, adv. jejuneness, jejunity, n. /ji joohn /, adj. 1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel. 2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior. 3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to… …   Universalium

  • jejuneness — noun The state or condition of being jejune. Syn: jejunity …   Wiktionary

  • austerity — Synonyms and related words: Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Lenten fare, Sabbatarianism, Spartan simplicity, Spartanism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abstinence, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, astringency, austerity… …   Moby Thesaurus

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