picayune

Letters that make picayune

a, e, n, p, c, i, u, y are letters that make 'picayune'

Words within picayune

pic, PI, UN, IC, pi, pica, ic, Pica, CA, NE, cay, Ca, Ne are words within 'picayune'


1 possible definitions for 'picayune'

Picayune as "(informal) small and of little importance"

Under this definition, picayune is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fiddling, petty, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, trivial have the same meaning as 'picayune'

picayune Usage

'picayune' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Derivatives of picayune

triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'picayune'.

Similar to picayune

unimportant is similar to picayune.

Example of picayune used within this context

"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"



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