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pissant

/ˈpɪsænt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (obsolete outside dialectal) An ant.
  2. An insignificant person.
  3. A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.
  4. A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.
  5. Insignificant or unimportant.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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