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minatory, a. and n.|ˈmɪnətərɪ|
Also 6 minotary, mynatory, 6–7 minatorie.
[ad. OF. minatoire, ad. late L. minātōrius, f. minārī to threaten.]
A. adj. Expressing, uttering, or conveying a threat; also, of the nature of a threat or menace; threatening, menacing.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 612/1 Those wordes be mynatory and threttes. 1543Grafton Contn. Harding 522 Kyng Rychard..reiected the dukes request with many spitefull and minotary woordes. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed (1808) VI. 29 With rough and minatorie speeches [he] began to menace them. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 59 This minatory Agitation of the Hand. 1851Carlyle Sterling i. xiii, Considerable clouds of Invasion..hung minatory over the North and North-East of Spain. 1898Bodley France II. iv. vii. 425 A doctrine minatory to the army of France.
†B. n. A threat, a menace. Obs. rare.
1572Burleigh in Digges Compl. Ambass. (1655) 334 With some sweet minatories, he intrated that he might be staied. 1686Evelyn Diary 22 Sept., The Emperor sending his Minatories to the King of Denmark.
Hence ˈminatoriness, threateningness. rare.
1961J. N. Findlay Values & Intentions viii. 344 Acknowledging a God capable of such universal minatoriness. |