usurous
usurous is the alternative spelling of usurious.
Meaning of usurious
Adjective
usurious (comparative more usurious, superlative most usurious)
- Of or pertaining to usury.
- If an Executor pay an Uſurious Bond, other Creditors may make a Devaſtavit of it, Hob. p. 167. If a Man be bound in an Obligation Uſurious, the Bond is void between the Parties, yea and Strangers ſhall take the advantage of it; and therefore if ſuch an Obligor makes his Executor and die, and the...[1710?], A Common Law Treatise of Usury, and Usurious Contracts: Wherein is Set forth, the Nature of Usury, and what Contracts are Said Usurious in our Law. …, London: Printed for John Wickins, and...
- Synonyms:
- usurial
- Exorbitant.
- But nature, violated by these excesses, exacts a most usurious interest for this illicit indulgence. She makes them pay for moments of rapture with hours of despair.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 298
- Synonyms:
- extortionate, inordinate, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortious, extravagant, penal, sky-high
Forms of usurous
| comparative | more usurous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most usurous |
Words formed from usurous
Questions about usurous
- What is usurous the alternative spelling of?
- Usurous is the alternative spelling of usurious.
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