英语词汇picayune的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	picayune
词源	picayune. In early 18th-century Louisiana both an old French copper coin and the Spanish half-real were called picay- unes. Picayune itself probably derives from the Spanish Pequeña, “little,” and the coin influenced the popularity of the contemptuous use of picayune for anything small, mean, or insignificant.
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