Pissant
[pis-ant] /ˈpɪsˌænt/
noun
1.
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
2.
Obsolete. an ant.
adjective
3.
Slang: Vulgar. insignificant or worthless.
/ˈpɪsænt/
noun
1.
an insignificant or contemptible person
adjective
2.
insignificant or contemptible
n.
1660s, “an ant,” from first element of pismire (q.v.) + ant. Meaning “contemptible, insignificant person” is from 1903.
“[B]y sun-down [the gals] come pourin out of the woods like pissants out of an old log when tother end’s afire.” [“Dick Harlan’s Tennessee Frolic,” in collection “A Quarter Race in Kentucky,” Philadelphia, 1846]
adjective
Insignificant; paltry: this little pissant country
noun
A despicable person; an insignificant wretch: That sorry damn pissant
[1903+; extension of pissant, ”ant,” which is found by 1661]
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