† usurousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= usurious adj.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by usury
usurous1605
usurious1610
usurarious1623
usurary1649
feneratorial1793
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by usury > practising usury
usuring1593
money-monging1594
usurous1605
usurarious1623
usuriousa1631
money-mongering1648
1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe ii. sig. B4v I am now loose, to get more children of perdition into my vsurous Bonds.
1616 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor (rev. ed.) v. v, in Wks. I. 165 I referre mee to your vsurous [1600 Long-lane] Cannibals, or such like.
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Βατραχομυομαχια in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 11 I can by no means th' usurous darner move To let me have the mantle to restore.
1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 53 The usurous Contracts he made with certain poor Men.
1794 W. Blake Holy Thursday in Songs of Experience in Compl. Poetry & Prose (1982) 19 Babes reducd to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand.
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