noun Download 🔗Share A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit. Examples : ""Back then, a picayune could buy you a piece of candy at the corner store." " value economy finance business history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A five-cent piece. Examples : "My grandfather always called a nickel a "picayune." " value economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something of very little value; a trifle. Examples : "The lost button was a picayune; it didn't matter since I had a spare. " value thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or fails to make any difference. Examples : "The teacher dismissed the students' picayune argument about the color of the classroom walls, focusing instead on the more important matter of finishing the unit on fractions. " communication attitude point logic language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance. Examples : "Their argument was over such a picayune detail – whether the blue or green pen was used to sign the card – that I couldn't believe they were actually fighting. " attitude value character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Small-minded; childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things. Examples : "The employee's picayune complaints about the office coffee machine distracted the team from important project deadlines. " character attitude mind negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
