pissant

Meanings

Noun

• An ant.
• An insignificant person.
• A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.
• A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.

Adjective

• Insignificant or unimportant.

Origin

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