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picayune

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"Petty"

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɪkəˈjuːn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceinpuyStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (informal) small and of little importance

Word origin

The noun is borrowed from southern French picaillon, pécaillon, picayon (“type of small foreign coin; (informal, especially in the plural) cash, money”), and from its etymon Occitan picalhon, picaioun (“cheaply made Savoyan-Piedmontese coin that was rapidly demonetized; (by extension) cash, money”), probably from Occitan piquar (“to ring (bells); to knock, strike”) (referring to the clinking of coins in a pocket), originally imitative.

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