Brewer's: Jejune

(2 syl.). A jejune narrative. A dry, tedious one. (Latin, jejunus, dry, spiritless.)

Till farce itself, most mournfully jejune, Calls for the kind assistance of a tune.

Sowper: Retirement, 711.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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