usurary

English

Alternative forms

• usurarious

Etymology

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

Adjective

usurary (comparative more usurary, superlative most usurary)

1. (obsolete, especially Scots law) Usurious.

References

• “usurary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.