dejeune, dejune Obs. or arch.
[For earlier desjeune, disjune, a. OF. desjeun (Froissart), mod.F. dial. déjun, f. desjeuner, mod.F. déjeuner to break fast, to breakfast, f. des-, dé- (de- I. 6) + jeun:—L. jejūn-us fasting. Superseded in mod.F. (hence also in Eng.) by déjeuné, déjeuner.]
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| [1589 Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 35 He had ended his desiune.] 1630 B. Jonson New Inn iii. i, Take a dejeune of muskadel and eggs. 1788 Disinterested Love I. 39 He arrived yesterday about twelve, and, shameful to relate, the dejeune was not removed. 1810 Sporting Mag. XXXV. 201 To treat them with an elegant dejune. 1837 Dickens Pickw. xviii, For two days after the dejeune at Mrs. Hunter's, the Pickwickians remained at Eatanswill. |