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Showing words for PICAYUNE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Picayune

picayune

7 Letter Words for Picayune

pecunia

6 Letter Words for Picayune

apneic, cipaye, cunyie, eucain, paunce, puneca, punica, pycnia, uncape, unciae, unepic

5 Letter Words for Picayune

cunea, cunei, cunye, cupay, encia, encup, eniac, enpia, necia, niepa, pacey, paine, pance, panic, payen, pecan, picea, piney, punce, punic, uncap, uncia, unice, unpay, yince

4 Letter Words for Picayune

acne, aine, ainu, ance, anyu, aune, ayen, ayin, ayne, cain, cane, cany, cape, capi, caup, cepa, cine, cuya, cyan, ency, epic, inca, nace, nape, napu, neap, nepa, nice, nipa, nypa, pace, pacu, pacy, pain, pane, paye, peai, pean, peni, pian, pica, pice, pien, pina, pine, piua, pnce, puan, puca, puce, puna, puny, puya, pyic, pyin, pyne, unai, unca, unce, unci, unie, yaup, ycie, yean, yeni, yipe, yuan, yuca

3 Letter Words for Picayune

ace, acy, ain, anc, ane, anu, any, apc, ape, aye, ayu, cai, can, cap, cay, cen, cep, cia, cie, cpa, cpi, cpu, cue, cun, cup, cyp, ean, eau, ecu, enc, epa, epi, eyn, ice, icy, inc, nae, nap, nay, nea, nei, nep, nie, nip, nye, pac, pan, pau, pay, pci, pea, pec, pen, pia, pic, pie, pin, piu, pua, pun, puy, pya, pye, uca, uey, una, unc, uni, unp, yan, yap, yea, yen, yep, yin, yip, yue, yup

Definitions for Picayune

[1] of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
[2] petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.
[3] (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
[4] any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
[5] Informal . an insignificant person or thing.
[6] a town in SE Mississippi.
[7] of small value or importance
[8] mean; petty
[9] the half real, an old Spanish-American coin
[10] US any coin of little value, esp a five-cent piece

Words related to Picayune

diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, piddling, puny

Words nearby Picayune

picaresque, picaro, picaroon, picasso, picasso, pablo, picayune, piccadilly, piccadilly circus, piccalilli, piccanin, piccaninny

Origin of Picayune

1780–90; < Provençal picaioun small copper coin (compare French picaillons ), derivative of an onomatopoetic base *pikk- beat, here referring to the coining of coppers

Other words from Picayune

pic·a·yun·ish·ly , adverb
pic·a·yun·ish·ness , noun

Word origin for Picayune

C19: from French picaillon coin from Piedmont, from Provençal picaioun, of unknown origin

Synonyms for Picayune

diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, of no account, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant