Synonyms for jejuneness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ji-joon

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪˈdʒun

Top 10 synonyms for jejuneness

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Définition of jejuneness

Origin : 1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid," from Latin ieiunus "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," of obscure origin.

Example sentences :

If a reader new to the classics opened Thucydides, his first impression would probably be one of jejuneness, of baldness.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

And of all these things the insipidity and jejuneness of youth perforce know nothing.
Extract from : « Atlantic Classics, Second Series » by Henry C. Merwin

He was far more of a scientific musician than Gluck, and his scores have nothing of his master's jejuneness.
Extract from : « The Opera » by R.A. Streatfeild

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