Déjeuner or Déjeûne, n.

(dē'/zhu-nā'), n. [Fr. déjeuner, to break-fast, O. Fr. déjeuner, Lat. as if dis-jejūnāre, to discontinue fasting, from dis and jejunare, to fast, from jejunus, fasting, hungry.] A breakfast; — sometimes, also, a lunch.