HyperDic: picayune

English > 1 sense of the word *picayune*:
ADJECTIVE	all	picayune, fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial	(informal) small and of little importance

picayune > pronunciation
Sounds	pih.kiyyuw'n
Rhymes	afternoon ... Witherspoon: 64 rhymes with uwn...

English > *picayune*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	(informal) small and of little importance.
Example	"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
Synonyms	fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial
Broader	unimportant	not important
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	baladí, fútil, insignificante, insustancial, intrascendente, nimio, pequeño, trivial
Catalan	fútil, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstancial, intrascendent, negligible, nimi, petit, trivial