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minacity

minacity noun: synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.

Noun

minacity (usually uncountable, plural minacities)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    menace

Synonyms of minacity

Forms of minacity

pluralminacities

Origin of minacity

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

Questions about minacity

What does minacity mean?
Minacity means synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.
What part of speech is minacity?
Minacity is a noun.
What is the plural of minacity?
The plural of minacity is minacities.

Words near minacity in the dictionary

  1. minaceous
  2. minacious
  3. minaciously
  4. minaciousness
  5. minacities
  6. minacity
  7. minacked
  8. minacking
  9. minacs
  10. minacy
  11. minae

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