Search Details

Word: picayune (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • 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;
  • Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;
  • small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.
  • something not worth arguing about.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Noun:

  • archaic A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. A 5-cent or 6-cent piece.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »