dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jej_MW.json

{
  "jejune":{
    "antonyms":[
      "absorbing",
      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": devoid of significance or interest : dull":[
        "jejune lectures",
        "\u2026 the \"literary\" fiction being written in this country nowadays strikes me as so jejune , self-absorbed and lifeless that I am just about unable to read it, much less pass fair judgment on it.",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Yardley"
      ],
      ": juvenile , puerile":[
        "jejune reflections on life and art",
        "So downplay your romantic and adolescent past. This means no jejune wall art. Says one discerning friend, \"I see a Lolita poster, I'm out of there.\"",
        "\u2014 Allison Glock"
      ],
      ": lacking nutritive value":[
        "jejune diets"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She made jejune remarks about life and art.",
      "another moralizing tale filled with jejune platitudes"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin jejunus empty of food, hungry, meager":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ji-\u02c8j\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for jejune insipid , vapid , flat , jejune , banal , inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest. an insipid romance with platitudes on every page vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit. an exciting story given a vapid treatment flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest. although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance. a jejune and gassy speech banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy. a banal tale of unrequited love inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality. an inane interpretation of the play",
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "drab",
      "dreary",
      "drudging",
      "dry",
      "dull",
      "dusty",
      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
      "numbing",
      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223144",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jejuneness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": devoid of significance or interest : dull":[
        "jejune lectures",
        "\u2026 the \"literary\" fiction being written in this country nowadays strikes me as so jejune , self-absorbed and lifeless that I am just about unable to read it, much less pass fair judgment on it.",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Yardley"
      ],
      ": juvenile , puerile":[
        "jejune reflections on life and art",
        "So downplay your romantic and adolescent past. This means no jejune wall art. Says one discerning friend, \"I see a Lolita poster, I'm out of there.\"",
        "\u2014 Allison Glock"
      ],
      ": lacking nutritive value":[
        "jejune diets"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ji-\u02c8j\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "drab",
      "dreary",
      "drudging",
      "dry",
      "dull",
      "dusty",
      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
      "numbing",
      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stodgy",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "absorbing",
      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for jejune insipid , vapid , flat , jejune , banal , inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest. an insipid romance with platitudes on every page vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit. an exciting story given a vapid treatment flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest. although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance. a jejune and gassy speech banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy. a banal tale of unrequited love inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality. an inane interpretation of the play",
    "examples":[
      "She made jejune remarks about life and art.",
      "another moralizing tale filled with jejune platitudes"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin jejunus empty of food, hungry, meager":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162205"
  },
  "jejunal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the jejunum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ji-\u02c8j\u00fcn-\u1d4al",
      "ji-\u02c8j\u00fc-n\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The announcement came days after Perri, 34, shared on her Instagram story that her unborn daughter had a birth defect known as jejunal atresia, a rare congenital malformation that causes bowel obstruction. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "On her Instagram Story Friday, Perri, who was in her third trimester, said that her baby on the way would have needed to undergo surgery immediately after birth as the child had a birth defect known as jejunal atresia. \u2014 Chelsea White, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1887, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221025"
  },
  "jejun-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": jejunum":[
        "jejun ectomy"
      ],
      ": jejunal and":[
        "jejuno duodenal"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "jejunum":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235346"
  },
  "jejunum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the section of the small intestine that comprises the first two fifths beyond the duodenum and that is larger, thicker-walled, and more vascular and has more circular folds than the ileum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ji-\u02c8j\u00fc-n\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The primary function of the jejunum is to absorb water and nutrients from food\u2014specifically, sugars, amino acids, and fatty acids\u2014so damage in this area can lead to nutrient deficiencies and diarrhea. \u2014 SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "View Sample Sign Up Now Instead, the sugar and other components of fruit quickly move farther down the small intestine to the jejunum and ileum. \u2014 Markham Heid, Time , 6 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from neuter of Latin jejunus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001406"
  }
}