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Word: picayune
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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.
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Noun:
- archaic A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. A 5-cent or 6-cent piece.
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