intimate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more intimate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most intimate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: intimates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: intimates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: intimating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: intimated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: intimated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Closely acquainted; familiar.
pos: adj
examples: an intimate friend
He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
gloss: Personal; private.
pos: adj
examples: an intimate setting
gloss: Pertaining to sex organs or underwear.
pos: adj
tags: euphemistic
examples: Intimate apparel departments have separate sections for bras and panties; within those sections, our intimate apparel firm would have its bras displayed separately from its panties.
gloss: Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship.
pos: adj
tags: euphemistic
examples: She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
The man, who had been arrested for being intimate with a donkey, admitted the conduct in question but claimed that the donkey had not been a donkey when he met her at a nightclub last Saturday night, but rather a prostitute.
gloss: Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.
pos: adj
examples: The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics.
Grélard et al.⁸⁷ determined the intimate structure of pseudoviral particles of hepatitis B subvirus using solid-state NMR, light scattering, and cryo-electron microscopy.
Harry and David spent most of their childhood outside, developing an intimate knowledge of the animals, waterways, and plant life of Mid Wales.
gloss: Very finely mixed.
pos: adj
examples: Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
gloss: A very close friend.
pos: noun
examples: Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
gloss: Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
pos: noun
examples: You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.
gloss: To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
And ſince this Family, called Ciu, which now holdeth the Souereigntie, hath reigned, it is called Min [translating 明 (Míng)], which intimateth Splendour, and by vſuall addition of one ſyllable Ta-min [translating 大明 (Dàmíng)], that is, the Kingdome of Great Splendour, Brightneſſe or Glory.
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.
[…]Von Bulow saved himself in time—but, canny diplomat that he was, he nevertheless had made one error: he should have begun by talking about his own shortcomings and Wilhelm's superiority—not by intimating that the Kaiser was a half-wit in need of a guardian.
The thematic point of retaliation, as we have seen, is intimated in the biblical text, but without the suggestion that Judah himself is conscious of the connections.
He feels deeply betrayed by his MAGA supporters who believed him when he intimated during the campaign that something was nefarious about the government’s handling of the [Epstein] case, and who now have a hard time believing him when he says their suspicions are actually bogus.
gloss: To notify.
pos: verb
tags: India
transitive
examples: I will intimate you when the details are available.
Related words: intimacy
intimation
Derived words: extimate
intimate apparel
intimate area
intimately
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intimatopia
nonintimate
overintimate
ultraintimate
unintimate
unintimated
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