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intimacy

noun
/ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/

Etymology

From intimate + -cy.

  1. borrowed from intimātus
  2. suffixed as intimacy — “intimate + cy”

Definitions

  1. Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not…

    Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.

    • […] there was keen intimacy between the dog and the man.

  2. Intimate relationship.

    • “I have always thought it a very foolish intimacy,” said Mr. Knightley presently, “though I have kept my thoughts to myself; but I now perceive that it will be a very unfortunate one for Harriet […]”

  3. Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.

    • He recognized the tone as the one used by friendly sisters to discuss the infirmities of their husbands. It was Shama’s plea to a sister to exchange intimacies, to show support.

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Derived

intimacy coordinator, unintimacy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intimacy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01intimacy02item03account04review05insights06insight07knowledge08familiarity

A definitional loop anchored at intimacy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at intimacy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA