picayune: Meaning and Definition of

pic•a•yune

1. of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
2. petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.

1. (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
2. any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
3. an insignificant person or thing.

Pic•a•yune

1. a town in SE Mississippi. 10,361.