'Usuriousness' definitions:
Definition of 'Usuriousness'
From: GCIDE
- Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From Usury.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract. [1913 Webster] -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]