Definition of MINATORY

minatory

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Adj

  • Threatening, menacing.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French minatoire, from Late Latin minātōrius, from Latin minor, minārī (“to threaten, speak or act menacingly, hold out the threat of”, verbal derivative of minae, plural only, "threats, menaces, portents of evil") + -tōrius, deverbal adjective suffix originally forming derivatives from agent nouns ending in -tōr-, -tor; minae probably, if originally "projecting points, overhang," noun derivative of the verbal base *men- seen in ēminēre (“to stick out, protrude”), of uncertain origin.
Cognate to menace.

Scrabble Score: 13

minatory is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
minatory is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
minatory is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

minatory is a valid Words With Friends word