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What is "minacious"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minacious

Minacious \Mi*na"cious\, a. [L. minax, -acis. See Menace.] Threatening; menacing. [R.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
minacious

"threatening," 1650s, from Latin minaci-, stem of minax "threatening, menacing" (from minari; see menace (n.)) + -ous. Related: Minaciously.

Wiktionary
minacious

a. (context now rare English) threatening, menacing.

WordNet
minacious

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly]

Usage examples of "minacious".

Of coursethe stair ended below the uttermost dregs of the minacious Ravenswater.

They were all hymns and ballads of a minacious description, now one and now another of which he kept repeating in lugubrious recitative.