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litigiousness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English litigious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English litigiousness From litigious + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Property of being litigious, of tending to resort to legal means such as lawsuits.
    • His litigiousness won him almost as few friends as it won him cases.