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1. (Also,) picayune
of little value or account; small; trifling.
2. picayune
petty, carping, or prejudiced.
3. (n.) picayune
(formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
4. picayune
any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
5. picayune
an insignificant person or thing.
Etymology: (1780–90; < Oc picaioun small copper coin)
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1. (adj) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
(informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) picayune
a small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit
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