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Word of the Day for Sunday, June 8, 2008minatory \MIN-uh-tor-ee\, adjective: Threatening; menacing. He was often observed peeping through the bars of a gate and making minatory gestures with his small forefinger while he scolded the sheep with an inarticulate burr, intended to strike terror into their astonished minds. Then, abruptly on the last page, he lapses into a kinder, gentler tone, as if wanting to leave us with a less minatory impression of himself. . . .state-inspired guerrilla and terrorist campaigns; maritime blockades and minatory troop concentrations; continuous threats and boycotts, etc. Minatory derives from Latin minatorius, from minari, "to threaten." It is related to menace. | |||||||||
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