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legalese

noun
/ˌliː.ɡəˈliːz/UK/ˌli.ɡəˈliz/CA/ˌliː.ɡəˈliːz/

Etymology

From legal + -ese.

  1. learned borrowing from lēgālis
  2. suffixed as legalese — “legal + ese”

Definitions

  1. Technical jargon common in the legal profession

    Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.

  2. Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when…

    Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for legalese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA