Litigious (adj)
lit-ij-us
Tending or too ready to take legal action to settle disputes.
Late Middle English from Old French litigieux or Latin litigiosus from litigium ‘litigation’, from lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’.
Example sentences
“It’s already known that they are such a litigious society.”
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