pissant

/ˈpɪsænt/

noun

  1. 1

    (obsolete outside dialectal) An ant.

  2. 2

    An insignificant person.

  3. 3

    A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.

    Their manager is a real pissant about break times.
  4. 4

    A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.

adjective

  1. 1

    Insignificant or unimportant.

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