minacious
adjUS /məˈneɪʃəs/ · UK /mɪˈneɪʃəs/
Etymology From Late Latin minacia (“threat”) + -ious, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Cf. Italian minaccioso, attested 1532.
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Archaic Synonym of threatening, in its various senses.
- Derived terms
- minaciously, minaciousness