litigious

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The tenants were not going to be frustrated by that -- being Irishmen and litigious, which is one and the same thing.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by litigation.
  2. adjective Tending to engage in lawsuits.

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  • The tenants were not going to be frustrated by that—being Irishmen and litigious, which is one and the same thing. —  The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
  • - Season 5 champ (and dashing car salesman) Taylor Hicks has gotten litigious -- suing a Tennessee music producer to halt the sale of songs he recorded five years ago in Nashville, according to the Smoking Gun. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Another issue we intend to address is the litigious, adversarial, and complaints-based approach to pay equity. —  rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
  • McClendon cautioned that the potentially litigious issue is one "we have to tread carefully on." —  Sand Mountain Reporter: News
  • It's a miracle the game can still be played in these litigious, health-and-safety minded days. —  British Blogs
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lītigiōsus, from lītigium, dispute, from lītigāre, to quarrel; see litigate.

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  1. from French litigieux = Spanish Portuguese Italian litigioso, from Latin litigiosus, disputatious, contentious, from litigium, strife, dispute, from litigare, dispute: see litigate.
 

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