Picayune

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of little value or importance; paltry. See Synonyms at trivial.
  • adj. Petty; mean.
  • n. A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States.
  • n. A five-cent piece.
  • n. Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;
  • adj. something not worth arguing about.
  • adj. an argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or does not change a primary supposition, outcome, postulate, premise, conclusion, hypothesis, judgment or recommendation;
  • adj. small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.
  • n. A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents; a fippenny bit.
  • n. A five-cent piece.
  • n. Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See fippenny bit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Formerly, in Florida, Louisiana, and adjacent regions, the Spanish half-real, equal to 1⅙ of a dollar, or 6¼ cents; now, the five-cent piece or any similar small coin.
  • Small; petty; of little value or account: as, picayune politics.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (informal) small and of little importance
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    petty    trivial   
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