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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: jejunus 'not eating, (of food) small in amount'; influenced in meaning by French jeune 'young'

jejune

 adjective
     
je‧june formal
1 ideas that are jejune are too simple:
jejune political opinions
2 boring
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