Adjective definition

[Kathryn Galvez]

Can you please tell me what a word often used on the television show, "Frasier", means--it sounds something like it would be spelled "jeurjune"? I think it may mean something like "commonplace" or "boring" or something similiar to that.

[Marc Vonhalmen]

I really can't think of any French word sounding like "jeurjune"...
Would it be possible to have the audio recording of it, or maybe a sentence in which it was used?

[Al Graham]

As another Frasier fan, I think it might be ' jejune', which is described in the Merriam Webster dictionary as being derived from the Latin word 'jejunus' meaning 'childish' or 'empty.'

Regards,
Al

[Kathryn Galvez]

Thank you, Al!!!! That fits the situations where the word was used on the show, too, so I think you must be absolutely correct!!!

Thank you so much, and you have a good evening!!!
Kathryn

[Marc Vonhalmen]

Wait... I'm not following. Where you looking for a French word or and English word?

[Al Graham]

Marc, I think the pronunciation (zhih zhoon) probably fooled the enquirer into thinking it was French. I did too, until I looked it up.

Regards,
Al