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picaillon

picaillon is the alternative form of picayune.

Meaning of picayune

Noun

picayune (plural picayunes)

  1. (Louisiana, US, especially, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
  2. (US, archaic, broadly) A coin worth five cents (a nickel) or some other low value.
  3. (US, figuratively, informal) A person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very little value; a trifle.
  4. (US, figuratively, informal) An argument, fact, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue or fails to make any difference.

See all 6 meanings of picayune

Forms of picaillon

pluralpicaillons

Questions about picaillon

What is picaillon the alternative form of?
Picaillon is the alternative form of picayune.

Words near picaillon in the dictionary

  1. picadores
  2. picadors
  3. Picados
  4. picadura
  5. picaduras
  6. picaillon
  7. picaillons
  8. pical
  9. picalilli
  10. picalillis
  11. picals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: picaillon (page history and authors); picayune (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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