picayune

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
2. isim A coin worth five cents (a nickel) or some other low value.
3. isim A person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very little value; a trifle.
4. isim An argument, fact, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue or fails to make any difference.
5. sıfat Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial.

   “It's also representative of a psychological syndrome that I notice has gotten steadily worse as the Cruise wears on, a mental list of dissatisfactions and grievances that started picayune but has quickly become nearly despair-grade.”

6. sıfat Childishly spiteful; tending to go on about unimportant things; small-minded.