Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

litigatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lit-i-ga-to-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or inclined towards litigation

Example Sentences

"Glazer echoes the lament of his friend and collaborator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, for the Westway project, supposedly a victim of New York’s “regulatory and litigatory maze.”"

Etymology

From litigate + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: litigate

Inflected Forms

more litigatory (comparative) most litigatory (superlative)

Questions

What does litigatory mean?: Relating to, or inclined towards litigation
Where does litigatory come from?: From litigate + -ory.

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