noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Property of being litigious, of tending to resort to legal means such as lawsuits. uncountable

   "His litigiousness won him almost as few friends as it won him cases."

2. 2
   a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

belligerencebickeringdissensiondissentdissidencefaction

Example

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"His litigiousness won him almost as few friends as it won him cases."

Etymology

From litigious + -ness.

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