litigious
playSimple Definition of litigious
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: too ready or eager to sue someone or something in a court of law : tending or likely to engage in lawsuits
Full Definition of litigious
1 a : disputatious, contentious b : prone to engage in lawsuits
2 : subject to litigation
3 : of, relating to, or marked by litigation
Examples of litigious in a sentence
a very litigious group of people
this litigious age in which we live
Origin of litigious
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin litigiosus, from litigium dispute, from litigare
First Known Use: 14th century
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