† ˈusurous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. usure n. + -ous.]
= usurious a.
| 1605 Chapman, etc. Eastw. Hoe ii. B 4, I am now loose, to get more children of perdition into my vsurous bonds. 1616 B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. v. Wks. 165, I referre mee to your vsurous Cannibals, or such like. c 1624 Chapman Batrach. 270, I can by no means th' usurous darner move To let me have the mantle to restore. 1738 tr. Guazzo's Art Convers. 53 The usurous Contracts he made with certain poor Men. 1794 W. Blake Songs of Exper., Holy Thursday i, Babes. Fed with cold and usurous hand. |