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li·ti·gious
/ləˈtɪʤəs, lɪ-/
(
a
.)好訴訟的,好爭論的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Li·ti·gious
a.
1.
Inclined
to
initiate
lawsuits
;
given
to
the
practice
of
contending
in
law
;
fond
of
litigation
.
“
A
pettifogging
attorney
or
a
litigious
client.”
Soldiers
find
wars
,
and
lawyers
find
out
still
Litigious
men
,
who
quarrels
move
. --
Donne
.
2.
Hence
:
Quarrelsome
;
contentious
;
argumentative
.
3.
Subject
to
contention
;
disputable
;
controvertible
;
debatable
;
doubtful
;
precarious
.
No
fences
,
parted
fields
,
nor
marks
,
nor
bounds
,
Distinguished
acres
of
litigious
grounds
. --
Dryden
.
4.
Of
or
pertaining
to
legal
disputes
.
Nor
brothers
cite
to
the
litigious
bar
.
--
Young
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
" [
syn
:
contentious
,
disputatious
,
disputative
]
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