'Litigious' definitions:
Definition of 'litigious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to litigation
adjective
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, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
Definition of 'Litigious'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'litigious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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