minacity en · NOUN
Etymology
From Late Latin minacitas, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -itas (“-ity: forming abstract nouns”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.
...Nor is the district without its historical minacities...
1864, Leigh Hunt, The Seer, or, Common-Places Refreshed, volume II, page 278:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| minacities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |