English Dictionary

pissant

/ˈpɪsænt/

noun

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

I accidentally stepped on a pissant while walking in the park.

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.