Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LI-TIG'IOUS, a. [Fr. litigieux; L. litigiosus.]

1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; applied to persons. A litigious man is a bad neighbor and a bad citizen.
2. Disputable; controvertible; subject to contention; as, litigious right. No fences, parted fields, nor marks nor bounds, / Distinguish'd acres of litigious grounds. – Dryden.