† litigioseadj.
Obsolete.
= litigious adj. 1.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome
sakfulc1000
strifefula1382
litigiousc1384
barratous1430
tuilyier-like1444
mellyvousc1450
toilousc1450
debatous1483
debatefula1492
sturtinga1500
squaringc1530
striving1530
contentious1533
factious1533
quarrellous?1567
quarrelsome1576
bateful1582
mutinous1589
discordful1596
tuilyiesomec1598
brabbling1603
bangling1615
brangling1621
rixosous1623
pugnacious1642
stickling1642
pugnatory1656
litigiose1677
vitilitigious1683
fire-eating1811
wranglesome1817
vitilitigating1819
combativea1834
brawlsome1845
battlesome1877
fighty1888
scrappy1895
tasty1974
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 28 None gave so great an advance and perfection to this Dialectic litigiose mode of Philosophising as Aristotle.
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