Definition
Meaning of 'picayune'
Meaning of 'picayune' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Picayune 
[ n.]
- A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See
Fippenny bit. [ n.]Meaning of 'picayune' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. picayune [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- (informal) small and of little importance
- (informal) small and of little importance
Example in sentence:
- 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
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