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intimate

adj
/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət//ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/

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.

  1. borrowed from intimātus

Definitions

  1. Closely acquainted

    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.

  2. Personal

    Personal; private.

    • an intimate setting

  3. Pertaining to sex organs or underwear.

    • 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.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship.

      • 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.

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

      • 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.

    3. Very finely mixed.

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

    4. A very close friend.

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

    5. Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

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

    6. To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.

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

    7. To notify.

      • I will intimate you when the details are available.

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Derived

extimate, intimate apparel, intimate area, intimately, intimateness, intimate partner violence, intimate parts, intimater, intimate relations, intimatopia, nonintimate, overintimate, ultraintimate, unintimate, unintimated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intimate. 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.

01intimate02acquainted03familiar04friendly05warm06pleasant07pleasing08satisfaction09pleasure10sexual

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

10 hops · closes at intimate

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