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leguleian

/ˌlɛɡjʊˈliːən/

leguleian adjective: legal.

Adjective

leguleian (comparative more leguleian, superlative most leguleian)

  1. (obsolete) Legal
  2. (obsolete) lawyerly; like a lawyer.
    • And, on looking again at one case of "thereafter," viz., at page 79, it seems impossible to determine whether he uses it in the classical English sense, or in the sense of leguleian barbarism.1847, Thomas De Quincey, “Protestantism”, in Tait's Magazine

Noun

leguleian (plural leguleians)

  1. (obsolete) A lawyer.

Forms of leguleian

Adjective
comparativemore leguleian
superlativemost leguleian
Noun
pluralleguleians

Origin of leguleian

From Latin lēguleius (“pettifogger”), from lēx, lēgis (“law”).

Questions about leguleian

What does leguleian mean?
Leguleian means legal.
What part of speech is leguleian?
Leguleian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce leguleian?
Leguleian is pronounced /ˌlɛɡjʊˈliːən/.

Words near leguleian in the dictionary

  1. leguaans
  2. leguan
  3. leguans
  4. leguas
  5. Leguizamo
  6. leguleian
  7. leguleians
  8. Legum
  9. legumain
  10. legumains
  11. legume

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