intimates

[in-tuh-mit]

in·ti·mate

1[in-tuh-mit]
adjective
1.
associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
2.
characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling: an intimate greeting.
3.
very private; closely personal: one's intimate affairs.
4.
characterized by or suggesting privacy or intimacy; warmly cozy: an intimate little café.
5.
(of an association, knowledge, understanding, etc.) arising from close personal connection or familiar experience.
EXPAND
6.
engaged in or characterized by sexual relations.
7.
(of clothing) worn next to the skin, under street or outer garments: intimate apparel.
8.
detailed; deep: a more intimate analysis.
9.
showing a close union or combination of particles or elements: an intimate mixture.
10.
inmost; deep within.
11.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inmost or essential nature; intrinsic: the intimate structure of an organism.
12.
of, pertaining to, or existing in the inmost depths of the mind: intimate beliefs.
COLLAPSE
noun
13.
an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.

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Intimates is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin intim(us) a close friend (noun use of the adj.; see intima) + -ate1

in·ti·mate·ly, adverb
in·ti·mate·ness, noun


1. dear. See familiar. 3. privy, secret. 8. exacting, thorough. 13. crony.

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in·ti·mate

2[in-tuh-meyt]
verb (used with object), in·ti·mat·ed, in·ti·mat·ing.
1.
to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
2.
Archaic. to make known; announce.

Origin:
1530–40; < Late Latin intimātus, past participle of intimāre to impress (upon), make known, equivalent to intim(us) inmost (see intima) + -ātus -ate1

in·ti·mat·er, noun
in·ti·ma·tion, noun
pre·in·ti·ma·tion, noun
qua·si-in·ti·mat·ed, adjective
un·in·ti·mat·ed, adjective

intimate, intimidate.


1. See hint.

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