leguleian

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛɡjʊˈliːən/

Adjective

leguleian (comparative more leguleian, superlative most leguleian)

1. (obsolete) Legal; 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

leguleian (plural leguleians)

1. (obsolete) A lawyer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leguleian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)