picayunish

Variant of picayune

picayune definition

☆ pica·yune (pik′ə yo̵̅o̅n′, pik′ə yo̵̅o̅n′)

noun

  1. a coin of small value, as a former Spanish half-real of Louisiana
  2. anything trivial

Etymology: Fr picaillon, small coin, halfpenny < Prov picaioun < picaio, money, prob. < pica, to ring, jingle, strike < VL *piccare: see picador

adjective

trivial or petty; small or small-minded
also picayunish pic′a·yun′·ish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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