English Dictionary: usuriousness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From {Usury}.] 1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person. 2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract. -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n. |