picayune

Adjective

Synonyms: fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling petty trivial

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

(informal) small and of little importance“a fiddling sum of money”“a footling gesture”“our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”“a little (or small) matter”“a dispute over niggling details”“limited to petty enterprises”“piffling efforts”“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

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Picayune \Pic`a*yune"\, n. [From the language of the Caribs.] A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]