minacious

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin minacia (“threat”) +‎ -ious, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Cf. Italian minaccioso, attested 1532. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /məˈneɪʃəs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈneɪʃəs/ Hyphenation: mi‧na‧cious === Adjective === minacious (not comparable) (now rare) Synonym of threatening, in its various senses. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “minacious, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.