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litigious

[ li-tij-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to litigation.
  2. excessively or readily inclined to litigate:

    a litigious person.

  3. inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative.

    Synonyms: quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious



litigious

/ lɪˈtɪdʒəs /

adjective

  1. excessively ready to go to law
  2. of or relating to litigation
  3. inclined to dispute or disagree


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Derived Forms

  • liˈtigiousness, noun
  • liˈtigiously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • li·tigious·ly adverb
  • li·tigious·ness li·ti·gi·os·i·ty [li-tij-ee-, os, -i-tee], noun
  • nonli·tigious adjective
  • nonli·tigious·ly adverb
  • nonli·tigious·ness noun
  • un·li·tigious adjective
  • un·li·tigious·ly adverb
  • un·li·tigious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of litigious1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin lītigiōsus contentious, equivalent to lītigi ( um ) a quarrel ( litigant, -ium ) + -ōsus -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of litigious1

C14: from Latin lītigiōsus quarrelsome, from lītigium strife

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Example Sentences

ANDREA CONSTAND (2004) The most litigious of the group is Constand.

I got the shot across the bow at the beginning, and I knew from his history that he tended to be very litigious.

They are “not litigious people,” as Sarah said, but they felt they had a right to sue.

The hiring of Belcher itself was a strong indicator that the famously litigious Sterling was determined to go to court.

Could a director get away with that in these litigious times?

Fitzwilliam was a man of hasty temper, Fitton was said to be vain-glorious and was certainly quarrelsome and litigious.

When any litigious suits fell out, he would always stop them and prevent people's going to law.

Writing about law makes one litigious; so I seize this opportunity for making a few observations on American claims.

But they are judges of the first instance for every kind of litigious or criminal cases.

Other claims have been personal or litigious; these are historic.

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