legalese
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See also: legal-ese
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: le‧gal‧ese
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ɡə.liːz/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɡə.liz/
Audio (US) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ɡə.liːz/, [ˈlɪi.ɡə.lɪiz]
Noun[edit]
legalese (uncountable)
- (informal, derogatory) Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.
- (informal, derogatory) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
Translations[edit]
technical talk of the legal profession
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wording that resembles how lawyers write — see also bureaucratese
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