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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•a•yune /ˌpɪkiˈyun, ˌpɪkə-/USA pronunciation adj. Also, ˌpic•aˈyun•ish. - Informal Termsof little value or importance;
small;
trifling:arguing over some picayune details. - Informal Termspetty;
too interested in small, unimportant matters.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•a•yune (pik′ē yo̅o̅n′, pik′ə-),USA pronunciation adj. Also, pic′a•yun′ish. [Informal.]- Informal Termsof little value or account;
small;
trifling:a picayune amount. - Informal Termspetty, carping, or prejudiced:I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.
n. - Currency(formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
- Currencyany small coin, as a five-cent piece.
- Informal Termsan insignificant person or thing.
- Provencal picaioun small copper coin (compare French picaillons), derivative of an onomatopoetic base *pikk- beat, here referring to the coining of coppers
- 1780–90
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged trivial, insignificant.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged narrow-minded.
Pic•a•yune (pik′ə yo̅o̅n′, pik′ē-),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa town in SE Mississippi. 10,361.
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