English Dictionary

jejune

IPA（発音記号）

/d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/

形容詞

古語 古風 広義 演説・議論

(dated, now rare) Not nutritious. / (by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. / Naive; simplistic.

日本語の意味

栄養価がなく、食物として十分でない / 内容が乏しく、空虚である / 幼稚で単純な

The forager discovered the leaves were jejune and wouldn't sustain the herd through the winter.

採集者はその葉が栄養に乏しいことに気づき、冬を越す家畜の餌にはならないと判断した。

意味（1）

(dated, now rare) Not nutritious.

意味（2）

(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.

意味（3）

Naive; simplistic.

I have often wondered why some late Writers should sensure Tully's Letters for being too naked and jejune, when that to his Friend Lucceius, which the Reader will find in this Collection, is a plain Demonstration to the contrary?

more jejune （ comparative ）

most jejune （ superlative ）