minatory
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/ / /ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/ / /ˈmɪn.ʌ.toɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.
- Threatening, menacing.
“[…]the Place de Grève, with its thirty thousand Regulars, its whole irregular Saint-Antoine and Saint-Marceau, is one minatory mass of clear or rusty steel;[…]”
“Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look.”