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Intimate

//ˈɪn.tɪ.mət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Closely acquainted; familiar.

    "an intimate friend"

  2. 2
    Of or involved in a sexual relationship.

    "She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband."

  3. 3
    Personal; private.

    "an intimate setting"

  4. 4
    Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know

    "The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics."

  5. 5
    Very finely mixed.

    "Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity wordnet
  3. 3
    thoroughly acquainted through study or experience wordnet
  4. 4
    having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere wordnet
  5. 5
    innermost or essential wordnet
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  1. 6
    concerning things deeply private and personal wordnet
  2. 7
    involved in a sexual relationship wordnet
  3. 8
    used euphemistically to refer to the genitals wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A very close friend.

    "Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing."

  2. 2
    someone to whom private matters are confided wordnet
  3. 3
    Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

    "You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs."

Verb
  1. 1
    To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. ambitransitive

    "He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated."

  2. 2
    give to understand wordnet
  3. 3
    To notify. India, transitive

    "I will intimate you when the details are available."

  4. 4
    imply as a possibility wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.

Etymology 2

From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Etymology 3

From Latin intimātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French intimer.

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