JEJUNITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jejunity mean? 

• JEJUNITY (noun)
  The noun JEJUNITY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

2. quality of inadequate nutritive value

  Familiarity information: JEJUNITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEJUNITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

jejuneness; jejunity; tameness; vapidity; vapidness

Hypernyms ("jejunity" is a kind of...):

dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)

Derivation:

jejune (lacking interest or significance or impact)

jejune (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Quality of inadequate nutritive value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

jejuneness; jejunity

Hypernyms ("jejunity" is a kind of...):

inadequacy; inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

Derivation:

jejune (of insufficient quantity to meet a need)