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picayune
pic·a·yune P0284700 (pĭk′ə-yo͞on′)adj.1. Of little value or importance; paltry. See Synonyms at trivial.2. Petty; small-minded: "It had seemed picayune to get all bent out of shape organizing the household chores" (Barbara Kingsolver).n.1. A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States.2. A five-cent piece.3. Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.
[Louisiana French picaillon, small coin, from French, from Provençal picaioun, from picaio, money, perhaps from Old Provençal piquar, to jingle, clink, from Vulgar Latin *piccāre, to pierce; see pique.]
pic′a·yun′ish adj.picayune (ˌpɪkəˈjuːn) adj1. of small value or importance2. mean; pettyn3. (Currencies) the half real, an old Spanish-American coin4. (Currencies) US any coin of little value, esp a five-cent piece[C19: from French picaillon coin from Piedmont, from Provençal picaioun, of unknown origin] ˌpicaˈyunishly adv ˌpicaˈyunishness npic•a•yune (ˌpɪk iˈyun, ˌpɪk ə-)
adj. Also, pic`a•yun′ish. 1. of little value or account; small; trifling. 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced. n. 3. (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real. 4. any small coin, as a five-cent piece. 5. an insignificant person or thing. [1780–90; < Occitan picaioun small copper coin] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | picayune - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"fiddling, footling, niggling, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, littlecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" |
picayuneadjectiveContemptibly unimportant:inconsiderable, negligible, niggling, nugatory, paltry, petty, piddling, small, small-minded, trifling.Slang: measly.Idiom: of no account.Translations
picayune
Picayune (pĭkəyo͞on`), city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for an agricultural area with cotton, corn, pecans, cattle, and dairying. Manufactures include elevators, chemicals, polyurethane, metal containers, and computer equipment. NASA's Stennis Space Center and the Crosby Arboretum are nearby.picayune US and Canadian informal1. the half real, an old Spanish-American coin 2. US any coin of little value, esp a five-cent piece AcronymsSeePICpicayune
Synonyms for picayuneadj contemptibly unimportantSynonyms- inconsiderable
- negligible
- niggling
- nugatory
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- small
- small-minded
- trifling
- measly
Synonyms for picayuneadj (informal) small and of little importanceSynonyms- fiddling
- footling
- niggling
- piddling
- piffling
- trivial
- petty
- lilliputian
- little
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