picayune

Meaning of picayune

noun
  1. A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit.
  2. A five-cent piece.
  3. Something of very little value; a trifle.
  4. An argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or fails to make any difference.
adjective
  1. Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance.
  2. Small-minded; childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.

Information about picayune

  • The plural form of picayune is: picayunes.
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Hyphenation of picayune

picayune

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • picayune is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

picayune synonyms

Meaning fiddling:

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial

Meaning :

picayunish, worthless, malicious, peevish

Words that rhyme with picayune

Picayune

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