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vitilitigation

vitilitigation noun: cavillous litigation; petty criticism or objection.

Noun

vitilitigation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) cavillous litigation; petty criticism or objection
    • I am not so addicted to vitilitigation, as to contend about the propriety of those expressions in scripture, which seem to ascribe all our sacred passions principaly ^([sic]) to the heart.1674, Walter Charleton, The Natural History of Passions
    • I'll force you by right ratiocination
      To leave your vitilitigation,
      And make you keep to th' question close,
      And argue dialecticos1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Questions about vitilitigation

What does vitilitigation mean?
Vitilitigation means cavillous litigation; petty criticism or objection.
What part of speech is vitilitigation?
Vitilitigation is a noun.

Words near vitilitigation in the dictionary

  1. vitiliginous
  2. vitiligo
  3. vitiligoidea
  4. vitiligos
  5. vitiligous
  6. vitilitigation
  7. vitilla
  8. Vitim
  9. vitimite
  10. vitiosities
  11. vitiosity

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