intimate
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin intimare, from intimus ("inmost, innermost, most intimate"), superlative of intus ("within"), from in ("in"); see interior.
Pronunciation Adjectiveintimate
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- an intimate friend
- He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
- Personal; private.
- an intimate setting
- Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
- The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics.
- Very finely mixed.
- Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
- French: intime
- German: vertraut, innig
- Italian: stretto, intimo
- Portuguese: íntimo
- Russian: бли́зкий
- Spanish: íntimo
intimate (plural intimates)
- A very close friend.
- Synonyms: bosom buddy, bosom friend, cater-cousin
- Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
- (in the plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
- Synonyms: intimate apparel
- You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.
- Italian: amico per la pelle
- Portuguese: íntimo
- Russian: близкий друг
- Italian: biancheria intima
intimate (intimates, present participle intimating; simple past and past participle intimated)
- (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
- He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
- 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
- One of our friends, nevertheless—the younger one—intimated that he felt a disposition to interrupt a few of these soft familiarities; but his companion observed, pertinently enough, that he had better be careful.
- (transitive, India) To notify.
- I will intimate you when the details are available.
- German: vorsichtig andeuten
- Russian: намекать
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