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minacious, a.|mɪˈneɪʃəs|
[f. L. mināci-, minax (f. minārī to threaten) + -ous. Cf. It. minaccioso.]
Menacing, threatening; of a threatening character; full of threats or menaces.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. iii. iii. 63 Whether the face of Heaven..look upon us with a..sad and minacious countenance. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 349 He ghostly Wants supplies, gives inward Joys, Which most minacious Crosses overpoise. 1889Abp. Benson in Life II. 286 He went away with a kind of minacious ‘Very well’.
absol.1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 68 You have often a touch of the minaceous [sic].
Hence miˈnaciously adv., miˈnaciousness.
1674Rec. Presbyt. Inverness (S.H.S.) 43 Donald dow Mack conachie..menaciouslie threatened the Minister. 1864Q. Rev. Oct. 571 The attitude of the Papal communion before this new enemy is that of a startled, trembling minaciousness. 1895Punch 21 Dec. 300/2 Two..terriers, which barked minaciously at my legs. |