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Definition of "jejuneness" []

  • The state or condition of being jejune. (noun)

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Use "jejuneness" in a sentence
  • "Beyond extravagant language, beyond absurd fine things, it lies in a certain lack of reality and sobriety of sense and view, -- in a certain indefinable jejuneness in the mental fare provided, which makes mature men feel that somehow it does not satisfy their cravings."
  • "If a reader new to the classics opened Thucydides, his first impression would probably be one of jejuneness, of baldness."
  • "It was as if she felt their perfunctory nature, their conspicuous jejuneness, and nevertheless, like him, was utterly unable to broach the discussion of more serious things."