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picayune - Meaning in Hindi

IPA: pɪkiyunHindi: पिकयून / पिकीयून

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Picayune - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of Picayune in English

picayune adjective

  1. (informal) small and of little importance

    Synonyms

    fiddling, footling, lilliputian, lilliputian, little, little, niggling, petty, petty, piddling, piffling, trivial

    अकिंचन, अगण्य, अदना, अनुदात्त, ऊन, ऐरा गैरा, ऐरा ग़ैरा, ऐरा-गैरा, ऐरा-ग़ैरा, ऐरागैरा, ऐराग़ैरा, ऐसा-वैसा, गया-बीता, तुच्छ, नगण्य, नाचीज, नाचीज़, मामूली, हकीर

    Examples

    • "a dispute over niggling details"
    • "a fiddling sum of money"
    • "a footling gesture"
    • "a little (or small) matter"
    • "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
    • "limited to petty enterprises"
    • "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
    • "piffling efforts"

Description

A picayune was a Spanish coin, worth half a real or one sixteenth of a dollar. Its name derives from the French picaillon, which is itself from the Provençal picaioun, the name of an unrelated small copper coin from Savoy. By extension, picayune can mean "trivial" or "of little value".

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What is picayune meaning in Hindi?

The word or phrase picayune refers to (informal) small and of little importance. See picayune meaning in Hindi, picayune definition, translation and meaning of picayune in Hindi. Find picayune similar words, picayune synonyms. Learn and practice the pronunciation of picayune. Find the answer of what is the meaning of picayune in Hindi. देखें picayune का हिन्दी मतलब, picayune का मीनिंग, picayune का हिन्दी अर्थ, picayune का हिन्दी अनुवाद।

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