PIFFLING

fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

(adjective) (informal) small and of little importance; “a fiddling sum of money”; “a footling gesture”; “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”; “a little (or small) matter”; “a dispute over niggling details”; “limited to petty enterprises”; “piffling efforts”; “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

piffling

present participle of piffle

Adjective

piffling (comparative more piffling, superlative most piffling)

unimportant

Source: Wiktionary


PIFFLE

Pif"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Piffling.]

Definition: To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]

Pif"fle, n.

Definition: Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. [Dial. or Slang] "Futile piffle." Kipling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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