jējūnĭtas, ātis, f. [com. intens. form, from ieiunus], a fasting, emptiness of stomach.
I Lit.: jejunitatis plenus, anima foetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13. —
B Transf., dryness : calida umoris, Vitr. 2, 6, 4; 7, 4, 3.—
II Trop.
A Of speech, dryness, poverty, meagreness : inopia et jejunitas, Cic. Brut. 55: qui jejunitatem et famem se malle quam ubertatem et copiam dicerent, id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: jejunitas et siccitas et inopia, id. Brut. 82, 285.—
B Ignorance of any thing: bonarum artium, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.