English Explanatory Dictionary

minacity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.

Word forms

minacity minacities

Etymology

From Late Latin minacitas, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -itas (“-ity: forming abstract nouns”).

Synonyms

menace

Related words

minacious minacy
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