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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of jejune" class="word__name--TTbAA">jejune<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid, wanting in interest," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ieiunus</span> "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," a word of obscure origin. De Vaan finds it to be from a PIE root meaning "to worship, reverence," hence "to sacrifice" (with cognates including Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">yajati</span> "to honor, worship, sacrifice," Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">yaza-</span> "to worship," Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">agios, agnos</span> "holy;" see <a href="/word/hagio-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hagio- " class="crossreference notranslate">hagio-</a>), and writes that the Latin word and its relatives "would be based on the habit to perform the first sacrifice of the day on an empty stomach." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunal</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunally</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1610s">1610s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to jejune">Entries linking to <i>jejune</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of breakfast" href="/word/breakfast#etymonline_v_17080">breakfast<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"first meal of the day," mid-15c., from the verbal phrase; see <a href="/word/break#etymonline_v_17079" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of break " class="crossreference notranslate">break</a> (v.) + <a href="/word/fast#etymonline_v_46545" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fast " class="crossreference notranslate">fast</a> (n.). For vowel shift, see below. An Old English word for it was <span class="foreign notranslate">undernmete</span> (see <a href="/word/undern" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of undern " class="crossreference notranslate">undern</a>), also <span class="foreign notranslate">morgenmete</span> "morning meal."</p> <p>Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">almuerzo</span> "lunch," but formerly and still locally "breakfast," is from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">admorsus</span>, past participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">admordere</span> "to bite into," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ad</span> "to" + <span class="foreign notranslate">mordēre</span> "to bite" (see <a href="/word/mordant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mordant " class="crossreference notranslate">mordant</a>). German <span class="foreign notranslate">Frühstück</span> is from Middle High German <span class="foreign notranslate">vruostücke</span>, literally "early bit."</p> <p>In common with <span class="foreign notranslate">almuerzo</span>, words for "breakfast" tend over time to shift in meaning toward "lunch;" compare French <span class="foreign notranslate">déjeuner</span> "breakfast," later "lunch" (cognate of Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">desayuno</span> "breakfast"), from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*disieiunare</span> "to breakfast," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "apart, in a different direction from" + <span class="foreign notranslate">ieiunare</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunare</span> "fast" (see <a href="/word/jejune" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jejune " class="crossreference notranslate">jejune</a>; also compare <a href="/word/dine" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dine " class="crossreference notranslate">dine</a>). Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">ariston</span> in Homer and Herodotus was a meal at the break of day but in classical times taken in the afternoon.</p> <p>The long/short vowel contrast in <span class="foreign notranslate">break/breakfast</span> represents a common pattern where words from Old English have a long vowel in their modern form but a short vowel as the first element of a compound: <span class="foreign notranslate">Christ/Christmas, holy/holiday, moon/Monday, sheep/shepherd, wild/wilderness</span>, etc.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dine" href="/word/dine#etymonline_v_8589">dine<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1300, <span class="foreign notranslate">dinen</span>, "eat the chief meal of the day, take dinner;" also in a general sense "to eat," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">disner</span> "to dine, eat, have a meal" (Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">dîner</span>), originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Roman <span class="foreign notranslate">*desjunare</span> "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*disjejunare</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "undo, do the opposite of" (see <a href="/word/dis-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dis- " class="crossreference notranslate">dis-</a>) + Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunare</span> "to fast," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">iejunus</span> "fasting, hungry, not partaking of food" (see <a href="/word/jejune" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jejune " class="crossreference notranslate">jejune</a>).</p> <p>Transitive sense of "give a dinner to" is from late 14c. To <span class="foreign notranslate">dine out</span> "take dinner away from home" is by 1758.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dinner" href="/word/dinner"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dinner</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of jejunum" href="/word/jejunum"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">jejunum</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of hagio-" href="/word/hagio-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">hagio-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/jejune/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->5<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of jejune">Trends of <i>jejune</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dinner" href="/word/dinner"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">dinner<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, "first big meal of the day" (eaten between 9 a.m. and noon), from Old French disner "breakfast" (11c.), noun use of infinitive disner (Modern French dîner) "take the first meal of the day," from Gallo-Roman *desiunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disieiunare</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of adolescent" href="/word/adolescent"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">adolescent<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "youth, young person, one who is growing up," from French adolescent (15c.) or directly from Latin adolescentem/adulescentem (nominative adolescens/adulescens) "young man or woman, a youth," noun use of an adjective meaning "growing, near maturity, youthful." The adject</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of juvenile" href="/word/juvenile"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">juvenile<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1620s, "young, youthful," from Latin iuvenilis "of or belonging to youth, youthful," from iuvenis "young man, one in the flower of his age" (in Roman use, the period just beyond adolescence, from age 21 or 25 to 40), noun use of an adjective meaning "young" (source also of French</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="wn_expanded" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of poor" href="/word/poor"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">poor<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, "lacking money or resources, destitute of wealth; needy, indigent;" also "small, scanty," also voluntarily and deliberately, "devoid of possessions in conformity with Christian virtues," from Old French povre "poor, wretched, dispossessed; inadequate; weak, thin" (Modern</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="wn_expanded" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of short" href="/word/short"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">short<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Middle English short, from Old English sceort, scort "of little length; not tall; of brief duration," probably from Proto-Germanic *skurta- (source also of Old Norse skorta "to be short of," skort "shortness;" Old High German scurz "short"), from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut," on </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of euphemism" href="/word/euphemism"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">euphemism<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one, superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies," also of substitutions such as Eumenides for the Furies. This is from euphemizein "speak with fair words, use words of</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of habit" href="/word/habit"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">habit<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct" (12c.), from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, hold, possess; wear; f</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of canon" href="/word/canon"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">canon<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"a rule or law," Old English canon "rule, law, or decree of the Church," from Old French canon or directly from Late Latin canon "Church law, a rule or doctrine enacted by ecclesiastical authority," in classical Latin, "measuring line, rule," from Greek kanon "any straight rod or</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of latitude" href="/word/latitude"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">latitude<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "breadth," from Old French latitude (13c.) and directly from Latin latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from lātus (adj.) 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