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 Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:00 am
minatory • MIN-uh-tor-ee • adjective
: having a menacing quality : threatening
Example Sentence:
Jordan wanted to tell the teacher who had written the note, but the class bully's minatory glare convinced her it would be safer to keep quiet.
Did you know?
Knowing that "minatory" means "threatening," can you take a guess at a related word? If you're familiar with mythology, perhaps you guessed "Minotaur," the name of the bull-headed, people-eating monster of Crete. "Minotaur" is a good guess, but as terrifying as the monster sounds, its name isn't related to today's word. The relative we're searching for is actually "menace." "Minatory" and "menace" both come from derivatives of the Latin verb "minari," which means "to threaten." "Minatory" was borrowed directly from Late Latin "minatorius." "Menace" came to English via Anglo-French "manace, menace," which came from Latin "minac-, minax," meaning "threatening."
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:05 am
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:36 am
Yeah, I actually thought about minotaur at the sight of it. Ah well. Cool word anyway. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:50 am
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