English Dictionary

pissant

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪsænt/

名詞

軽蔑的

(dated outside dialects) An ant. / (derogatory) An insignificant person. / (derogatory) A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.

日本語の意味

（古風・地方的な表現）蟻、すなわち小さく、目立たない存在としての意味。 / （侮蔑的表現）取るに足らない人物、価値のない人。 / （侮蔑的表現）現実や状況を顧みず、規則や方針に固執する人物

I watched a tiny pissant carry a crumb twice its size across the kitchen floor.

小さなアリが自分の体の二倍もあるパンくずを台所の床の上で運ぶのを見ました。

意味（1）

(dated outside dialects) An ant.

意味（2）

(derogatory) An insignificant person.

It is the beauty of well designed fascism that it gives every piss-ant an ant hill to piss from.

意味（3）

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

Their manager is a real pissant about break times.

意味（4）

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

pissants （ plural ）