Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minatory

/ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: min-a-to-ry
IPA: /ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Threatening, menacing.

Example Sentences

"[…]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."
"[…]her father quietly addressed a few words, by letter, to George Flack. This communication was not of a minatory order; it expressed on the contrary the loose sociability which was the essence of Mr. Dosson's nature."
"She shook hands firmly with Dalgliesh and gave him a minatory glance as if welcoming a new patient from whom she expected trouble."
"In the cottage next to the post office Alma Crumble broke her wrist stirring batter, at which the Bug declared in a minatory tone that ‘That was enough of that.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.

Word Breakdown

Root: minātōrius

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/
British English: /ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːɹ.iː/

Inflected Forms

more minatory (comparative) most minatory (superlative) miniatory (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

minatorily

Synonyms

minacious minatorial ominous sinister baleful forbidding menacing threatening

Questions

How do you pronounce minatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪn.ə.toɹ.i/.
What does minatory mean?: Threatening, menacing.
Where does minatory come from?: Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius. Compare menace.

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