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litigious 音標拼音: [lɪt'ɪdʒəs] [l'ɪtɪdʒəs] a. 好訴訟的,好爭論的 好訴訟的,好爭論的 litigious adj 1: of or relating to litigation 2: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; " a style described as abrasive and contentious"; " a disputatious lawyer"; " a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [ synonym: { contentious}, { combative}, { disputatious}, { disputative}, { litigious}] Litigious \ Li* ti" gious\, a. [ L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See { Litigation}.] 1. Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who quarrels move. -- Donne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Of or pertaining to legal disputes. [ 1913 Webster] Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. -- Young. [ 1913 Webster] 37 Moby Thesaurus words for " litigious": actionable, aggressive, argumental, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, cat- and- dog, cat- and- doggish, causidical, combative, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disputatious, divisive, eristic, factional, factious, ill- humored, irascible, irritable, litigable, litigant, litigatory, logomachic, partisan, pilpulistic, polarizing, polemic, polemical, pro and con, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, shrewish, wrangling
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