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minacious

[ mi-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. menacing; threatening.


minacious

/ mɪˈneɪʃəs; mɪˈnæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. threatening
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³¾¾±Ëˆ²Ô²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • minacity, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾¾±Â·²Ô²¹î€ƒc¾±´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³¾¾±Â·²Ô²¹î€ƒc¾±´Ç³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ ³¾¾±Â·²Ô²¹³¦Â·¾±Â·³Ù²â [mi-, nas, -i-tee], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of minacious1

1650–60; < Latin ³¾¾±²ÔÄ峦¾±- (stem of ³¾¾±²ÔÄå³æ ) overhanging, threatening + -ous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of minacious1

C17: from Latin minax, from ³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ùÄ« to threaten
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Example Sentences

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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 solanumsâ€; there is a “minacious theme†and “unfeasible grass.â€

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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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