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Definition of Picayunish
1. a. Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business.
Definition of Picayunish
1. Adjective. Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Picayunish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picayunish
Literary usage of Picayunish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"By the way, some of the gentlemen who sneered so greatly might learn some lessons
from those picayunish German principalities, which would do them much good ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"PICAYUNE, or picayunish. Sixpenny; and hence small, mean. ... She belongs to that
darn picayunish old coon, Jim Mason, and he 'll run her till she sinks or ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"One picayunish contemptible little mile of concrete road. He expects one of you
out of five—five out of six will sit here and go to sleep listening to that. ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
""But all these plants are little picayunish affairs," grumbles the Pessimist, "mere
toys that can't even supply the local trade. There's no chance for the ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"picayunish (colloq., US), flimsy (chiefly spec.), sixpenny (Eng.), futile (formal
nr literary), empty, frothy (fg.), nugatory (literary}, quotidian (rare), ..."
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