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picayunish

picayunish adjective: petty; paltry; mean.

Adjective

picayunish (comparative more picayunish, superlative most picayunish)

  1. Petty; paltry; mean.
    • a picayunish business
    Synonyms:
    picayune, slight, trivial

Synonyms of picayunish

Forms of picayunish

comparativemore picayunish
superlativemost picayunish

Origin of picayunish

From picayune + -ish.

Questions about picayunish

What does picayunish mean?
Picayunish means petty; paltry; mean.
What part of speech is picayunish?
Picayunish is an adjective.

Words near picayunish in the dictionary

  1. Picatinny rails
  2. picayune
  3. picayunely
  4. picayuneness
  5. picayunes
  6. picayunish
  7. picayunishness
  8. Picazo
  9. Picazos
  10. PICC
  11. piccadell

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