SHYLOCK

Shylock

(noun) a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock

(noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

shylock (plural shylocks)

(US) A loan shark; a usurer.

(offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.

Synonyms: Yid (not always pejorative), heeb, hymie, kike, sheeny

Verb

shylock (third-person singular simple present shylocks, present participle shylocking, simple past and past participle shylocked)

(intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Anagrams

• shlocky

Etymology

Proper noun

Shylock

A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

Anagrams

• shlocky

Source: Wiktionary

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