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Definition of Piffling
1. Adjective. (informal) small and of little importance. "Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Unimportant
Derivative terms: Littleness, Pettiness, Trivia, Triviality, Trivialize
Definition of Piffling
1. Verb. (present participle of piffle) ¹
2. Adjective. unimportant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piffling
1. piffle [v] - See also: piffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piffling
Literary usage of Piffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Trifling; as ' A piffling fellow,' or ' He's only piffling about.' N'hamp., Leic.
Pig-meat, sb. Meat, which is not bacon, from a bacon-pig. Glouc., Wore. ..."
2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Trifling ; as ' A piffling fellow,' or ' He's only piffling about.' N'hamp., Leic.
Pig-meat, ab. Meat, which is not bacon, from a bacon-pig. Glouc., Wore. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The whole merit of a pass consists in its being well-timed and advancing matters;
needless "piffling" passing is unprofitable. When drawing an opponent, ..."
4. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... paltry, piddling, insignificant, piffling, frivolous. trifling, n. piddling,
frivolity, piffle, dalliance, quibbling, piffling. trim, a. spruce, smart; ..."
5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Piercer, sb. a gimlet. Cotg. has " Vrille, a gimblett or piercer." piffling, part.
adj. employed in little trifling occupations. ..."
6. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"piffling, part. adj. employed in little trifling occupations. ... He'd use to he
piffling about the farm-yard.' Pig together, vn, plir. to lie or sleep ..."
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