My new bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with--or shall we say not absolutely confident I know the exact meaning of, I'm going to actually take time to look it up and share it with mystery-lovers everywhere. 😊
Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day is minatory (adj): having a menacing quality.
On his head was hardly a vestige of hair, but in compensation he had the most minatory of eyebrows. (The Plumley Inheritance by Christopher Bush)
Now, from context, I would have thought it meant abundant or some such.
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