minacious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- minaciously adverb
- minaciousness noun
- minacity noun
Etymology
Origin of minacious
1650–60; < Latin mināci- (stem of mināx ) overhanging, threatening + -ous
Example Sentences
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In sound and subject, “Neither” is a spectacularly dense, mysterious and minacious work.
From New York Times
We read about “kairotic shifts” and “swanky solanums”; there is a “minacious theme” and “unfeasible grass.”
From New York Times
They were all hymns and ballads of a minacious description, now one and now another of which he kept repeating in lugubrious recitative.
From Project Gutenberg
She had not heard a word of Colonel Grand's minacious overture.
From Project Gutenberg
This was the third such attack since the ship dropped anchor in this minacious port.
From Project Gutenberg
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