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usurious

 [yoo-zhoor-ee-uhs]  

u·su·ri·ous

   [yoo-zhoor-ee-uhs]
adjective
1.
practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money: a usurious moneylender.
2.
constituting or characterized by usury: usurious rates of interest; a usurious loan.
Origin:
1600–10; usury + -ous

Related forms
u·su·ri·ous·ly, adverb
u·su·ri·ous·ness, noun
non·u·su·ri·ous, adjective
non·u·su·ri·ous·ly, adverb
non·u·su·ri·ous·ness, noun
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un·u·su·ri·ous, adjective
un·u·su·ri·ous·ly, adverb
un·u·su·ri·ous·ness, noun
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usury (ˈjuːʒərɪ)
 
—n , pl -ries
1.  the act or practice of loaning money at an exorbitant rate of interest
2.  an exorbitant or unlawfully high amount or rate of interest
3.  obsolete moneylending
 
[C14: from Medieval Latin ūsūria, from Latin ūsūra usage, from ūsususe]
 
usurious
 
—adj

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