picayune
adjectiveOf little value or importance; paltry. synonym: trivial.
adjectivePetty; small-minded.
nounA Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States.
nounA five-cent piece.
nounSomething of very little value; a trifle.
nounFormerly, 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.
nounA small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See
something not worth arguing about.
