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(pic-a-yune) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. of little value or importance.

Example Sentence

The inspector looked at the most picayune details to help solve the case.

More Example Sentences

They argued over picayune details for hours.

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Rhymes

  • boon
  • boone
  • broun
  • bruen
  • brune
  • bruun
  • choon
  • clune
  • coon
  • coone
  • croon
  • dune
  • goon
  • gruen
  • heun
  • hewn
  • hoon
  • joon
  • june
  • keune
  • koon
  • koone
  • kroon
  • kuehn
  • kuehne
  • kuhn
  • loon
  • mhoon
  • moon
  • moone
  • noon
  • noone
  • poon
  • prune
  • roone
  • schoon
  • shoen
  • soon
  • spoon
  • strewn
  • suen
  • swoon
  • thune
  • toon
  • toone
  • troon
  • tune
  • yoon

  • antoon
  • aoun
  • attune
  • baboon
  • balloon
  • banoun
  • barloon
  • bassoon
  • bethune
  • buffoon
  • cahoon
  • calhoon
  • calhoun
  • cancun
  • cardoon
  • cartoon
  • cocoon
  • cohoon
  • commune
  • corroon
  • dekroon
  • festoon
  • galloon
  • hamdoon
  • harpoon
  • harroun
  • huntoon
  • immune
  • impugn
  • karoun
  • karun
  • laffoon
  • lagoon
  • lampoon
  • liqun
  • magoon
  • majnoon
  • maroon
  • mattoon
  • mcclune
  • mccuen
  • mccune
  • mckune
  • monsoon
  • muldoon
  • platoon
  • pontoon
  • raccoon
  • rangoon
  • saloon
  • sassoon
  • terhune
  • tycoon
  • typhoon
  • verboon
  • xiaoyun

  • afternoon
  • disharoon
  • ducommun
  • opportune
  • picayune
  • viromune
  • wotherspoon

  • contrabassoon
  • inopportune
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