Dictionary

litigious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/
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Etymology

From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to litigation.
   • This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh. 1732 March 6 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], Considerations upon Two Bills Sent Down from the R[ight] H[onourable] the H[ouse] of L[ords] to the H[onoura]ble H[ouse] of C[ommons of Ireland] Relating to the Clergy of I[relan]d, London: […] A. Moore, […], published 1732, →OCLC, page 18:
2. Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
   • Tearing a page out of Monsanto's own playbook, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an advocacy group whose mandate is to represent the public's interest in the patent system, filed suit (PDF) on behalf of 60 organic farmers, small farm organizations, and seed businesses this week against the litigious agrichemical and genetically modified (GM) seed giant. 2011 March 30, Barry Estabrook, “Echoing Big Agribusiness, Farmers Sue Monsanto”, in The Atlantic:
   • The United States is a litigious society. 2024, Johathan Sumption, The president’s crimes, in: Prospect, August 27 2024
3. Argumentative or combative.

Forms

Deriveds

litigiousness · litigiously · nonlitigious · overlitigious

Synonyms

litiginous · litigatious · litigatious · legalistic · litiginous

Translations (18)

la lītigiōsus (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · de gerichtsstreitlich (of or relating to litigation) · io procesema (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · de streitsüchtig (argumentative or combative) · de klagefreudig (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · grc φιλόδικος (argumentative or combative) · el δικομανής (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · eo procesa (of or relating to litigation) · la lītigiōsus (argumentative or combative) · de klagewütig (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · de prozessfreudig (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · fr litigieux (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · el επίδικος (of or relating to litigation) · eo disputema (argumentative or combative) · el φιλόδικος (argumentative or combative) · de streitbar (argumentative or combative) · fr processif (inclined to engage in lawsuits) · eo procesema (inclined to engage in lawsuits)