Jejunity
/dʒɪˈdʒuːnəti/noun
The state or quality of being jejune, especially dullness, barrenness, or lack of intellectual substance.
Did you know?The related anatomical word “jejunum” was named from Latin jejunus, “empty,” because ancient anatomists observed that this section of intestine was often empty during dissection.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
ieiūnus
“Fasting, hungry, empty, or barren”
Late Latin
Latin
ieiūnitās
“Fasting, emptiness, or barrenness; the source of the English noun”
Old French
Old French
jeûne
“A fast or abstinence from food; descended from the same Latin root”
Middle English
English
jeunen
“To fast; a form related to the later English word jejune”
16th Century
English
jejunity
“The condition of being jejune, empty, or intellectually barren”
Modern English
English
jejunity
“Dullness, insipidity, or lack of substance”