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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scoundrel, you — An insult much used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, addressed to men who were considered to be contemptible. The word was in use by the end of the sixteenth century, describing a mean fellow at that time, but Shakespearean… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
