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usurious

/juːˈʒuːɹɪəs/ UK
/juːˈzjuːɹɪəs/ UK

adjective more usurious · most usurious · usurous

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 Exe
Similar: 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.
Similar: extortionate, inordinate, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortious, extravagant, penal, sky-high, usurious

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adj Of or pertaining to usury

Español	usurario, abusivo
Português	usurário
Français	usuraire
Ελληνικά	τοκογλυφικός tokoglyfikós
Română	cămătăresc, uzurar

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@misc{usurious_2026,
  title = {usurious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/usurious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}