Pissant Definition

pisant

piss-ant

noun

An ant.

Webster's New World

A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible.

Webster's New World

(dated outside dialects) An ant.

Wiktionary

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

Their super is a real pissant about break times.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

adjective

Insignificant and contemptible.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pissant

Singular:

pissant

Plural:

pissants

From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire.

From Wiktionary
Modeled on pismire

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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