Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picayunish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: picayu-n-ish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Petty; paltry; mean.

Example Sentences

"a picayunish business"

Etymology

Etymology tree English picayune Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English picayunish From picayune + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more picayunish (comparative) most picayunish (superlative)

Synonyms

picayune slight trivial

Questions

What does picayunish mean?: Petty; paltry; mean.
Where does picayunish come from?: Etymology tree English picayune Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English picayunish From picayune + -ish.

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