Word For The Day: minacious

[Louis Foxwell]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

minacious [mi-ney-shuh s] ]

hear it pronounced

adjective

definition: threatening.

Derived Forms
minaciously, adverb
minacity (mɪˈnæsɪtɪ) noun

Word Origin
C17: from Latin minax, from minārī to threaten.
The primary meaning in Latin is "projecting, jutting out."

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[Louis Foxwell]

Projection and threat certainly merged in the positon of Mussolini's chin when he was riding high and making those speeches from the balcony of the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, witnessed by this author when he was a graduate student at the University in Rome. Norman Shur; 2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words.

[Louis Foxwell]

This word should be a joy to use. There is much around and about us that is dire and full of threat.
Were we a weak and trembling folk we would surely falter. But we are not wastrals.
We are the people of the Book, virile and steadfast. We look at the fearsome and spit in its eye.
Come, let us spit together at all that is minacious.

[Bullish]

The minacious character of Vladimir Putin could not be disguised in the photo with Obama.

[Louis Foxwell]

Too right, award in the AM.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Obola is in the minimayweouch of the Russian-US relationships today.

[Vendome]

minacious, mendacious, meandering

[NicknamedBob]

"We are the people of the Book, virile and steadfast. We look at the fearsome and spit in its eye.
Come, let us spit together at all that is minacious."

Minacious, mendacious, and maleficent, the Minotaur in the China Shop, er, White House, has a habit of trying to get his Alinski-ite points across at every turning.

The shattered remnants of former creations shows his skill at unerring destruction, but his clueless rampage continues. The crunch of porcelain beneath his cloven feet is like music to his ears.

This maze grows tiresome. Is there no light at the end for us?

[left that other site]

Great word!

“Refugees” is not the proper term for the minacious invaders of Europe

[grey_whiskers]

I guess it would be mendacious
To claim that I knew "minacious":
but in some respects
it's like the T-Rex:
an adjective from the Cretaceous!

[MoochPooch]

Probably very minacious to You Know Who:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3342728/posts

[Heart-Rest]

The little lad brought his menacingly minacious Muslim bomb replica to school, then mendaciously claimed it was really just a clock which he had brilliantly invented (from a clock he bought at Walmart).

[Rebelbase]

One is a killer and one is queer.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wisconsin FReepers are quite minacious when they deign to discuss the direction of their votes in the upcoming Senatorial election. They also have short memories as to how bad the preceding senator was (Feingold) and seem bound to re-elect him in a fit of pique over some of the votes of our current Senator — Ron Johnson.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A president, weak but loquacious
Makes our enemies ever minacious
Truth to be known
The occasional drone
Although deadly, is not efficacious

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

One is a killer and one is queer.

One is an unrepentant communist who wants to destroy the United States and the other is Putin.

[left that other site]

Ha Ha Ha!

[Louis Foxwell]

You have led the way.

First Place

[Louis Foxwell]

O the minotaur is an excellent reference. Beautifully done.

Plumed Pen Award

[Louis Foxwell]

No it is not. They are an invading horde.

Second place

[Louis Foxwell]

A joyous rampage. Well done. limerick award