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leguleian, a. and n.|lɛgjuːˈliːan|
[f. L. lēgulēï-us a pettifogger (f. lēg-, lex law) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to petty questions of law or to law language; pettifogging. rare.
1677Needham 2nd Pacquet Adv. 21 It is a small matter with our Factious Leguleian Scriblers to form up Opinions upon forged Interpretations of Law. 1847De Quincey Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 90 It seems impossible to determine whether he uses it in the classical English sense, or in the sense of leguleian barbarism.
B. n. A pettifogger; a contemptuous term for a lawyer.
1631G. Webbe Quietn. (1653) 254 Our spruce aturnies, and upstart Leguleians. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. ix. M.'s Wks. 1851 VIII. 209 You do but that over again..which some silly Leguleians now and then do, to argue unawares against their own Clients. 1864Macm. Mag. Dec. 124 To distinguish a jolly young medical from a prematurely sharp leguleian.
So leguˈleious a. = leguleian a.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. iv. xiii. 131 The leguleious Cavils of some Pragmatical Pettifoggers. |