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Adjective
- contemptibly narrow in outlook
- disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
- (informal) small and of little importance
- 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
- giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
- inferior in rank or status
- a subordinate functionary
Noun
- larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)