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The term “litigious” has been utilized in literature to characterize those prone to argument or legal disputes, often highlighting a contentious or quarrelsome temperament. In Benito Pérez Galdós’s work, for example, it is paired succinctly with its Spanish counterpart “pleitista” to emphasize a combative nature [1]. Henry Fielding’s depiction in Joseph Andrews illustrates a spirit so inclined towards conflict that when it can no longer express itself through more genteel forms like song, it erupts into outright fighting [2]. This dichotomy between conflict and peace is further underscored by both Thomas Jefferson in The Declaration of Independence and the satirical commentary of Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele in The Spectator, where society is metaphorically split into Litigious and Peaceable factions [3][4]. Moreover, its association with dishonesty appears in the proverb from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs, where a litigious man is branded as a liar, reinforcing the negative connotations of the term [5].
  1. pleitista litigious.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
  2. the litigious spirit could not be stifled; and, being no longer able to vent itself in singing, it now broke forth in fighting.
    — from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding
  3. This prodigious Society of Men may be divided into the Litigious and Peaceable.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  4. This prodigious Society of Men may be divided into the Litigious and Peaceable.
    — from The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele
  5. A litigious man, a liar.
    — from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

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