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minacious

[ mi-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. menacing; threatening.


minacious

/ mɪˈneɪʃəs; mɪˈnæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. threatening
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲdzܲ, adverb
  • minacity, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Բcdzܲ· adverb
  • ·Բcdzܲ·Ա ·Բ··ٲ [mi-, nas, -i-tee], noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of minacious1

1650–60; < Latin 峦- (stem of ) overhanging, threatening + -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of minacious1

C17: from Latin minax, from ī to threaten
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In sound and subject, “Neither” is a spectacularly dense, mysterious and minacious work.

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We read about “kairotic shifts” and “swanky solanums”; there is a “minacious theme” and “unfeasible grass.”

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They were all hymns and ballads of a minacious description, now one and now another of which he kept repeating in lugubrious recitative.

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She had not heard a word of Colonel Grand's minacious overture.

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This was the third such attack since the ship dropped anchor in this minacious port.

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