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minacious
English
Etymology
From Latin min?x, +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??ne???s/
Adjective
minacious (not comparable)
- (now rare) Threatening, menacing.
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minatory
English
Alternative forms
- miniatory (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Latin minatorius, from minari (“to threaten”).
Cognate to menace.
Adjective
minatory (comparative more minatory, superlative most minatory)
- Threatening, menacing.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [T]he Place de Greve, with its thirty thousand Regulars, its whole irregular Saint-Antoine and Saint-Marceau, is one minatory mass of clear or rusty steel....
- 1887,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look.
- 1888, Henry James, The Reverberator.
- [H]er father quietly addressed a few words, by letter, to George Flack. This communication was not of a minatory order; it expressed on the contrary the loose sociability which was the essence of Mr. Dosson's nature.
- 1997, Edward Gorey, The Haunted Tea-Cosy
- In the cottage next to the post office Alma Crumble broke her wrist stirring batter, at which the Bug declared in a minatory tone that 'That was enough of that.'
- 1995, P.D. James, The Black Tower
- She shook hands firmly with Adam Dalgleish and gave him a minatory glance as if welcoming a new patient from whom she expected trouble
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
Synonyms
- minacious, ominous, sinister
Translations
References
- Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: The Word of the Day for November 24, 2007 is: minatory
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