pissant.
An ant.
Meaning & usage
An ant.
An insignificant person.
A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.
Their manager is a real pissant about break times.
A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.
Where this word comes from
From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire.
Insignificant or unimportant.
Where this word comes from
From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire.
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