;Posted on 08/31/2016 5:23:23 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
;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 [min AY shus]
adjective
Note: Today's WFTD is an ADJECTIVE not to be confused with NOUN.
The adjunct word is MINATORY. Both words mean "threatening," and both are of Latin ancestry:minacious from minax (menacing, threatening), minatory from minatus, past participle of (to threaten). Of the two minatory is the more common.
The primary meaning in Latin of minax is "projecting, jutting out," and of minari is to "project, jut out."
A boulder atop a mountain holding back an avalanche can be said to be minacious.
Projection and threat certainly merged in the position of Mussolini's chin when he was making a speech from the balcony of the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, witness by the author (Schur) when he was a grad student at the University of Rome.
Yep. Loony toons.
like the continent of Hawaii....
I trust you enjoyed yesterday’s WFTD.
Ha ha ha! That Youtube was great — & the comments hilarious!
Sometimes a magazine can be minacious just for being a bit mendacious:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3464735/posts
Not that I like Michelle very much, but I tend to take the NE with a grain of salt.
A very useful word.
Thank you. I thought so but then I do not limit myself to two syllable words.
Is that some sort of implication?
Sure. The implication was for I want the USA back.s benefit.
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