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noun
1.
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
2.
a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful: When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
3.
an extremely annoying person.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.
5.
to serve as a probable threat to; imperil.
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Menaces
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to express or serve as a threat.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Latin minācia, equivalent to mināc- (stem of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Latin minācia, equivalent to mināc- (stem of mināx) jutting out, threatening + -ia -ia
Related forms
men·ac·er, noun
men·ac·ing·ly, adverb
non·men·ac·ing, adjective
pre·men·ace, noun, verb (used with object), -aced, -ac·ing.
un·men·aced, adjective
EXPANDun·men·ac·ing, adjective
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menace
c.1300, "declaration of hostile intent," also "act of threatening," from O.Fr. menace, from V.L. minacia "threat, menace," sing. of L. minaciæ "threatening things," from minax (gen. minacis) "threatening," from minari "threaten, jut, project," from minæ "threats, projecting points." Applied
EXPANDto persons from 1936. The verb is attested from c.1300. Related: Menaced; menacing; menacingly.
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