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nnyHow the hell do I use "forfeiture" in a sentence?
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EDIT: likewise floccinaucinihilipilification.
*Laughs, slightly hysterically*
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EDIT: likewise floccinaucinihilipilification.
*Laughs, slightly hysterically*
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Date: 2003-07-17 09:27 am (UTC)adj.
Not interesting; dull: “and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases” (Anthony Trollope).
Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.
Lacking in nutrition: a jejune diet.
[From Latin iinus, meager, dry, fasting.]
je·junely adv.
je·juneness n.
\Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren, scanty; of unknown origin.] 1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative. - Je*june\"ly, adv. -- Je*june\"ness, n. --Bacon.
adj 1: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor" [syn: insubstantial] 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, juvenile, puerile] 3: lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" [syn: insipid]
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Date: 2003-07-17 09:32 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2003-07-17 09:43 am (UTC)