picayune

¹pic·a·yune

noun \ˌpi-kē-ˈyün\

Definition of PICAYUNE

1

a : a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South b : half dime

2

: something trivial

Examples of PICAYUNE

1. <our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things>

Origin of PICAYUNE

Occitan picaioun, a small coin, from picaio money, from pica to jingle, of imitative origin

First Known Use: 1804

Related to PICAYUNE

Synonyms: bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, trifle, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality

Related Words: naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

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Rhymes with PICAYUNE

afternoon, apolune, barracoon, Brigadoon, call the tune, Cameroon, dessertspoon, greasy spoon, harvest moon, honeymoon, importune, macaroon, octoroon, opportune, pantaloon, perilune, picaroon, rigadoon, saskatoon, Saskatoon, silver spoon, tablespoon