litigious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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adjective of or relating to litigation
adjective inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux.

He was not litigious, but there was no evading the perfectness of his contracts. — The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times, George Alfred Townsend
"Gentlemen," said Erskine, in reply, "the plaintiff's counsel has taken unwarrantable liberties with my client's good name, representing him as litigious and unjust. — The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings, Mark Lemon
The cause of his doubt was that he knew the Burgundians to be litigious, quarrelsome fellows, ill-conditioned and disloyal, and could not call one to mind, in whom he might put any trust, curst enough to cope with their perversity. — The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio

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