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Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.

llock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty. Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South.

To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.

Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]

Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.

Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. In the heathen…

An insignificant pastor. [R.]

Petty; insignificant. "The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." Burke.

Anything insignificant; a particle.

Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs., except in legal language.] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable. -- Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try caus…

Like a pill; small; insignificant. [R.] G. Eliot.

Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. Calamy.

e; state of being used. Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice. Dryden.

In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.

Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf. Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps. And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Young.

o evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

s another personage abroad, -- a person less imposing, -- in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. Brougham.

Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; --applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.