Meaning
The word jejune is an adjective that conveys the meaning ‘naïve, simplistic and superficial.” When used with ideas or writings, it can correspond to them being dull and uninteresting or even simple and childish.
Origin
The word which has been around since the early 17th Century has steadily decreased in usage since the 19th Century.
The word is derived from the Latin word ieiunus – a word of obscure origin that means “dry, barren” and literally “hungry, fasting”.
It is believed that it could be from a word whose root meaning is to “worship, reverence”, with cognates (words with common etymological origins) including Sanskrit yajati and Greek agios. The original sense of the word was thus “without food” and hence “not intentionally nourishing”.
Usage
The politician made jejune generalizations about the public that he was elected to serve.
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