a. [Formed as prec. + -OUS.] Characterized by latitude of interpretation.
1838. Calhoun, Wks., III. 223. These [impediments] … ought to be irresistible with all, except the latitudinous in construction.
1865. Greeley, Amer. Confl., I. viii. 82. These were … accused of seeking its subversion through … latitudinous and unwarranted construction.
