questuous

[ Lat.quæstuosus, from quæstus =gain.] Greedy of gain; avaricious. "With a questuous and mercenary ostentation." - S. Lennard: Of Wisdome , bk. i., ch. xxxix., § 8. ques-tus, s. [Lat. quæstus=gain.] Law : Land which does not descend by hereditary right, but is acquired by one's own labor and industry. IMG:content-0095.png:[blocks in formation]