Etymology

minaceous

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Today it means: Of the colour of minium. Full definition →

Latin mināx
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minaceous · adjective1

From min(ium) + -acious.

minaceous · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived frommināx“threatening, menacing, projecting”
  2. English todayminaceous

From Latin mināx (“threatening, menacing, projecting”) + -acious.

Words from the same roots

Latinmināx all →

menaceminaciousminaciouslyminaciousnessminacity

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