intimate.
Closely acquainted; familiar.
Meaning & usage
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.
Personal; private.
an intimate setting
Pertaining to sex organs or underwear.
Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship.
She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
A very close friend.
Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.
Where this word comes from
From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
To notify.
I will intimate you when the details are available.
Where this word comes from
From Latin intimātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French intimer.
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