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usurary

usurary adjective: usurious.

Adjective

usurary (comparative more usurary, superlative most usurary)

  1. (obsolete, especially Scots law) Usurious.

Forms of usurary

comparativemore usurary
superlativemost usurary
alternative formusurarious

Origin of usurary

Latin usurarius (“that serves for use, that pays interest”). See English usurer, French usuraire.

Questions about usurary

What does usurary mean?
Usurary means usurious.
What part of speech is usurary?
Usurary is an adjective.

Words near usurary in the dictionary

  1. Usupashvili
  2. usura
  3. usurance
  4. usurances
  5. usurarious
  6. usurary
  7. usure
  8. usured
  9. usurer
  10. usurers
  11. usures

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