Pissant

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that is insignificant.
  • n. Obsolete An ant.
  • adj. Not important; insignificant: "Some pissant Texas court wants to make [the company] pay . . . more than $10 billion in reparationsā€ ( New Republic).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ant.
  • n. An insignificant person.
  • n. A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances.
  • n. A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism.
  • adj. Insignificant or unimportant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Worthless or of no significance.
  • Word Usage
    "That was the second time I had been called a pissant in jail."
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