word of the day: minatory

The word of the day is minatory:

menacing; threatening.

Latin minātōrius, equivalent to Latin minā (rī) to menace (dictionary.com)

"Jonquil's practical grasp of geography was elevated by a searing sense of majesty that led her onto trails of ill repute and through mountains of minatory majesty."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative