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- Dictionarypicayune/ˌpɪkəˈjuːn/
adjective
- 1. of little value or significance; petty: "the picayune squabbling of party politicians"
noun
- 1. a small coin of little value, especially a 5-cent piece. dated
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noun. pic· a· yune ˌpi-kē-ˈyün. Synonyms of picayune. 1. a. : a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South. b. : half dime. 2. : something trivial. picayune. 2 of 2. adjective. : of little value : paltry. also : petty, small-minded. picayunish. ˌpi-kē-ˈyü-nish. adjective. Did you know?
having little value or importance: The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune. Synonyms. fiddling mainly UK. footling old-fashioned. little. petty disapproving. piddling informal disapproving. piffling informal. trivial. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Of little or less importance.
Picayune definition: of little value or account; small; trifling. See examples of PICAYUNE used in a sentence.
having little value or importance: The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune. Synonyms. fiddling mainly UK. footling old-fashioned. little. petty disapproving. piddling informal disapproving. piffling informal. trivial. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Of little or less importance.
The adjective picayune refers to those things that are so small, trivial, and unimportant that they're not worth getting into. Why focus on the picayune details, when it's the larger ideas that are the real problem?
Definition of 'picayune' Word Frequency. picayune in British English. (ˌpɪkəˈjuːn ) adjective also: picayunish US and Canadian informal. 1. of small value or importance. 2. mean; petty. noun. 3. the half real, an old Spanish-American coin. 4. US. any coin of little value, esp a five-cent piece. Collins English Dictionary.
n. 1. A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States. 2. A five-cent piece. 3. Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.
