legalese
Syllables: le·gal·eseUK/ˌliː.ɡəˈliːz//ˌli.ɡəˈliz/
legalese noun: technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
Noun
legalese (uncountable)
- Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
- It is also his considered opinion that a condition precedent to any legislative action is that those best qualified to pronounce on the merits of a popular demand examine it in all its aspects. That is good Menzian legalese, as pompous as parody permits.1937 October 9, Smith's Weekly, Sydney, page 12, column 1
- Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
legalese meaning in Bengali
legalese in Bengali
- আইনজীবীদের ভাষা, শব্দচয়ন, আইনি লেখার অনুকরণে অতিরঞ্জিত, জটিল ও বিভ্রান্তিকর বাক্যগঠন, ভাষা
Synonyms of legalese
Origin of legalese
From legal + -ese.
Words that rhyme with legalese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
- agrees
Questions about legalese
- What does legalese mean?
- Legalese means technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
- What is legalese in Bengali?
- Legalese in Bengali is আইনজীবীদের ভাষা, শব্দচয়ন, আইনি লেখার অনুকরণে অতিরঞ্জিত. See Legalese meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is legalese?
- Legalese is a noun.
- How do you pronounce legalese?
- Legalese is pronounced /ˌliː.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK).
Words near legalese in the dictionary
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