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Definition of litigious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

litigious

adjective

/lɪˈtɪdʒəs/

/lɪˈtɪdʒəs/

(formal, disapproving)

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too ready to take arguments to court
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium ‘litigation’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.

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