leguleian
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lēguleius (“pettifogger”), from lēx, lēgis (“law”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editleguleian (comparative more leguleian, superlative most leguleian)
- (obsolete) Legal
- (obsolete) lawyerly; like a lawyer.
- 1847, Thomas De Quincey, “Protestantism”, in Tait's Magazine:
- 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.
Noun
editleguleian (plural leguleians)
References
edit- “leguleian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.