Synonyms for picayune

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pik-ee-yoon, pik-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɪk iˈyun, ˌpɪk ə-

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Définition of picayune

Origin : 1804, "coin of small value," probably from Louisiana French picaillon "coin worth 5 cents," earlier the French name of an old copper coin of Savoy (1750), from Provençal picaioun "small copper coin," from picaio "money," of uncertain origin. Adjectival figurative sense of "paltry, mean" recorded from 1813.

adj trivial

Example sentences :

I give him a picayune, now and then; and you see he dresses well.
Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

If we were only there, our chances wouldn't be worth a picayune.
Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I shall not proceed with the play for that picayune sum before me.
Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin

This mystified me, but to object to the tent, of course, would have been picayune.
Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer

They ride like the devil, fight like the devil, but don't care a picayune for anything.
Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill

She wrote much for the Picayune and wrote herself into love as well as fame.
Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

"Picayune Butler's coming, coming" has upset my nervous system.
Extract from : « A Confederate Girl's Diary » by Sarah Margan Dawson

I should not be surprised to see him supersede Picayune Butler.
Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest

And none of it was worth a picayune to him, except negatively.
Extract from : « The Curved Blades » by Carolyn Wells

For making you think it matters a picayune what I have to eat.
Extract from : « Short Stories of the New America » by Various

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