jejune

naive, simple or childish

He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work.

by Leszek Trojanowski August 02, 2005

jejune

One of those words that are found in a vocabulary textbook
Means childish, juvenile

His jejune behavior made him seem as mature as a two year old.

by itsasecreticanttell May 19, 2019

Jejune

It’s origin is the Latin word jejunus , which means without food, barren, so Jejune Literally means to intellectually starve to death.

Watching Fox News is very jejune.

by Aunt Nanny May 17, 2019

Jejune

The worst word in the English language, jejune just bleeds pomposity and snobbery. If you seriously use jejune in a sentence you a) are automatically an asshole and b) should be slapped across the mouth.

"I detected a jejune air that had not irked me before."- Brideshead Revisited

by Lord Sebastian March 03, 2014

Jejune

A word that sounds so terrible and random, that it is a top competitor for the worst word in the English language.

Does this word really sound like something that describes "naive, simplistic, and superficial"?
Of course not.

There are 2 types of people in the world who use the word "jejune".
1. Those who deserve to be slapped.
2. Xearrik's Subscribers

by I'm You, but just a bit cooler October 06, 2018

Jejune

A word Mr. Jolly says too much and it makes no sense. Claims he got it from a tv show but idk.

Mr. Jolly: Jejune

Everyone: Shut up

by fruitoftheloom123 April 30, 2019