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picayune
1[ pik-ee-yoon, pik-uh- ]
adjective
a picayune amount.
Synonyms: trivial, paltry, nugatory, insignificant, inconsequential, measly
- petty, carping, or prejudiced:
I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.
Synonyms: illiberal, small-minded, petty, narrow-minded, narrow
noun
- (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
- any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
- Informal. an insignificant person or thing.
Picayune
2[ pik-uh-yoon, pik-ee- ]
noun
- a town in SE Mississippi.
picayune
/ ˌpɪkəˈjuːn /
adjective
- of small value or importance
- mean; petty
noun
- the half real, an old Spanish-American coin
- any coin of little value, esp a five-cent piece
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Derived Forms
- ˌpicaˈyunishness, noun
- ˌpicaˈyunishly, adverb
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Other Words From
- pica·yunish·ly adverb
- pica·yunish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picayune1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picayune1
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Example Sentences
He elaborated on the wellsprings of the tradition in an interview with me in 1989 for a Times-Picayune article.
In addition to the Star-Ledger, Advance Publications owns, among other things, The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
The administration enthusiastically traded winning the future for a picayune present gain.
To see just how picayune the debate got, take a look at the opinions.
Then came the unspeakable moment just a few months ago when I came across an obscure item in The Times-Picayune.
"Picayune Butler's coming, coming" has upset my nervous system.
See here, old woman, if youve got some little picayune payment to make, make it and clear out.
They smile a grim smile in their grizzled beards at the fuss which has been made over this "picayune war," as they call it.
Now this Lane proposition is a little bit of a thing; it's picayune; I should live right along if I didn't get it.
I should not be surprised to see him supersede Picayune Butler.
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