pissant
/ˈpɪsænt/
noun
- 1
(obsolete outside dialectal) An ant.
- 2
An insignificant person.
- 3
A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.
“Their manager is a real pissant about break times.”
- 4
A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.
adjective
- 1
Insignificant or unimportant.
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