† intimadon.
/ɪntɪˈmɑːdəʊ/ Obsolete.
= intimate n. 2.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close or intimate friend
belamy?c1225
friarc1290
specialc1300
necessaryc1384
familiar?c1400
great frienda1425
gossea1549
particular1577
shopfellow?1577
cockmate1578
privado1584
bosom friend1590
better half1596
ingle1602
inward1607
bully boy1609
bosom-piecea1625
hail-fellow1650
bosom-bird1655
intimate1660
crony1665
intimado1682
chum1684
friend of one's bosom1712
right bower1829
inquaintancea1834
cad1836
chummy1849
bond-friend1860
raggie1901
bosom1913
aceboy1951
boon coon1951
mellow1967
squeeze1980
acegirl2009
1682 Heraclitus Ridens 21 Mar. 2/1 Whitlock..was his Lordships Intimado.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici App. 31 Which he had left with a woman; a prime intimado and zealous confident of his Party.
1690 E. Gee Jesuit's Mem. 46 As great Intimado's as if they had been of the same Society.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxv. 111 A gentleman of no good character (an intimado of Mr. Lovelace's).
1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Jan. 20/2 His intimados, to confess a truth, were in the world's eye a ragged regiment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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