Picayune Definition & Meaning
picayune
- adjective
- (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"
"Picayune" in song lyrics
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"times picayune"
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"the new orleans tiem picayune"
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"the new orleans time picayune"
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Words that rhyme with picayune
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- What does picayune mean?
- (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"
- What part of speech is picayune?
- Picayune is an adjective.