intimateadj.n.

/ˈɪntɪmət/

Etymology: < Latin intimātus, past participle of intimāre , < intimus inmost, deepest, profound or close in friendship, as n. a close friend, < intus within: see intimate v.

A. adj.

a. Inmost, most inward, deep-seated; hence, Pertaining to or connected with the inmost nature or fundamental character of a thing; essential; intrinsic. Now chiefly in scientific use.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective]

propera1325

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resident1525

subsistenta1530

corporate1531

immanent1535

intrinsical?1545

integral1551

inexistent1553

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subjective1564

insident1583

inward1587

inherent1588

imminent1605

inhering1609

intern1612

subjectory1614

intimate1632

inhesive1639

intrinsic1642

implantate1650

medullary1651

implicit1658

inexisting1678

originala1682

indwelt1855

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Intimate (or inward), intime.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iv. xxxi This faculty is very intimate And near the Centre.

1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum iv. 44 The true and intimate Substance of the Earth.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iv. 291 Its necessary connection with the intimate constitution of the substance.

1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe iii. §92. 100 With regard to the intimate structure of matter and ether.

b. Entering deeply or closely into a matter.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed

specialc1449

particular1548

punctual1611

strict1645

syllabical1647

circumstantiate1649

circumstantiated1654

detaileda1779

intimate1817

inventorial1830

particularized1860

fine-grained1894

pinpoint1960

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. I. iv. 86 A more intimate analysis..matured my conjecture into full conviction.

2. Pertaining to the inmost thoughts or feelings; proceeding from, concerning, or affecting one's inmost self; closely personal.

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the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > [adjective]

inwardc888

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spiritualc1384

spiritala1393

soulya1500

interiora1513

intern1546

internal1547

soulish1581

soul-like1606

pneumatic1624

thoughtsome1627

psychical1642

pneumatical1644

animastic1651

animastical1651

intimate1671

in-written1684

soular1818

inwardly1820

psychal1822

noetica1834

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective]

inmostc897

inlyeOE

mucha1200

deepa1400

inwardc1402

quickc1449

piercingc1450

sharpc1480

profound1526

feeling1531

visceral1575

infelta1586

hearty?1614

hearteda1616

home-felt1637

exquisitea1656

deep-rooted1669

intimate1671

exalted1704

bosom-felt1771

pathologic1891

bone deep1900

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 223 They knew not That what I mention'd was of God; I knew From intimate impulse, and therefore urg'd The Marriage on.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 218 Justice..is nothing but an intimate fear of losing one's own.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 158 He had an intimate sense that Romola was something very much above him.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxv. 5 Some particular intimate reflexions One would tell thee.

a. Close in acquaintance or association; closely connected by friendship or personal knowledge; characterized by familiarity (with a person or thing); very familiar. Said of persons, and personal relations or attributes. Also transferred of things, Pertaining to or dealing with such close personal relations.

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar

homelya1387

familiarc1405

familarya1500

internal1581

intrinsical1602

intimated1606

intrinsic1613

intimea1618

intimous1619

domestica1631

intimate1635

pack1686

thickc1756

throng1768

versant1787

solid1882

chummy1884

tutoyant1899

cosy1927

schmoozy1954

tight1956

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 106 A Knight who was an intimate friend of his.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 117 They are bound by the Laws..of Heaven..to maintain no intimate, or delightful converse with the wicked.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 91 Sorry at the fate of one of 'em..being one of my intimate acquaintance.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxviii. 205 Kindred minds will be intimate at first sight.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 139 I crown thee [winter] king of intimate delights.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin II. xi. 205 Our losses are not intimate and household.

1841 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. viii. 124 My friends the Carys..are very intimate with Mr. Newman.

1869 T. Erskine Spiritual Order i. 15 The family relation is a more intimate one than the political, and makes more demands on the heart and inner life.

1897 A. Upward Secret Courts Europe 157 Another anecdote..is, perhaps, a little too intimate for general repetition.

b. euphemistic of sexual intercourse.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > relating to sexual intercourse

Venerian1448

venereal?a1475

venerial1531

venereous1542

venerious1542

venerous1562

Venerean1575

veneral1591

syngamical1669

subagitatory1693

horizontal1889

intimate1889

1889 Daily News 23 Jan. 2/6 The defendant..did not however have intimacy with her. He had never been intimate with her.

1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. vi. 139 Some of them were..what newspapers call intimate together, without having undergone marriage.

1963 ‘E. McBain’ Ten Plus One (1964) xiv. 162 Do you mean that you and the other two girls were intimate with these boys?

1969 Times 15 Nov. 3/2 I ripped her dress off. She was lying on her face. I was intimate with her.

c. Familiarly associated; closely personal.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > relating to a person in his individual capacity > personal or private

singularc1340

personala1387

partial?a1439

familiar1569

domestical1586

home1650

domestic1707

vernacular1840

intime1857

intimate1884

1884 H. James En Province in Atlantic Montly Apr. 517/1 These diminutive, intimate things bring one near to the old Roman life.

1898 Daily News 8 Aug. 6/1 Writers like Mr. Henry James, Mr. Howells, and Miss Wilkins, students and observers only of the minute, the delicate, and the intimate.

d. Used allusively of women's underclothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > for women

lingeriea1865

intimate1904

1904 P. Gibbon Souls in Bondage i. 5 Clothes hung on lines in all directions, intimate linen flapped in the wind.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 32/4 (advt.) Next week we'll be highlighting panti hose and the week after it will be Intimate Apparel week in our Foundations Departments.

1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 10 (advt.) Intimate Apparel, mall level.

e. Of a theatrical performance, esp. a revue: that aims at establishing familiar and friendly relations with the audience. Also of a theatre itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > types of performance

straight1895

intimate1915

1915 H. K. Moderwell Theatre To-day xvi. 309 The [Manchester Repertory] theatre happens to work mostly with the modern ‘intimate’ or ‘realistic’ play, and so is enabled to get along with one company of actors, albeit a large one.

1919 A. Hornblow Hist. Theatre Amer. II. xxxi. 343 The new method is to build a smaller house, or théâtre intime, allowing of an auditorium with limited capacity so that no seat will be very far from the stage. Among these theatres may be mentioned..the Maxine Elliott, one of the first of the intimate theatres.

1929 N.Y. Times 1 May 28/5 The Little Show. An intimate revue in two acts and twenty-seven scenes.

1930 Nation (N.Y.) 24 Sept. 331/1 The place and the popularity of the intimate music show is assured. People are delighted if it sounds like an impromptu affair.

1948 Penguin Music Mag. 6 51 A series of intimate opera to be given at La Scala with a small audience seated on the stage.

1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 102 Intimate revue, a smart, topical revue played in a small (intimate) theatre.

1959 Times 22 Jan. 3/2 Intimate revue, at a glance, appears to be the theatre's gift to television.

1961 A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 52 The Intimate Position of the head is that in which both the face and the eyes are directed squarely toward the other person.

1974 Times 27 Aug. 8/5 That quiet British archness which put the phrase Intimate Revue into the language.

4. Of knowledge or acquaintance: Involving or resulting from close familiarity; close.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]

couthOE

known1340

familiara1398

unstrangec1400

learnedc1420

conversant1430

beknown?c1475

well-beknown1480

quentc1540

well-kent1554

quainted1560

well-known1568

obversant1579

conversed1607

tame1609

familiarized1633

intimatea1680

household1761

homely1782

ole1835

old1898

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 211 Challenge intimate Acquaintance With all the learned Moderns, and the Ancients.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 236 My abhorrence..arises from an intimate knowledge of his character.

1900 N.E.D. at Intimate Mod. One who has an intimate acquaintance with parliamentary procedure.

5. Of a relation between things: Involving very close connection or union; very close.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected > closely related

speciala1398

sib?1507

affined1586

cousin1590

affine1614

incorporatea1616

vehementa1626

intimate1692

affinitive1745

affiliate1800

affinal1834

proximate1985

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 565 Pride..is of such Intimate, and even Essential Connexion with Ingratitude.

1831 D. Lardner Pneumatics v. 286 Such pressure only renders the contact of the valve more intimate.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxi. 415 This grit is made up of an intimate mixture of fine grains of white quartz and pink felspar.

1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 191 There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.

1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 153 The adhesions were most intimate over the upper lobe.

B. n.

†1. One who intimately belongs to something; a typical representative or example. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person > one who is a typical example

intimate1607

typifier1745

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xi. 124 For the intimates of this complexion [the Phlegmatic]..are always pale coloured; slow pac'd; drowsie Headed.

2. A person with whom one is intimate; a very close friend or associate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close or intimate friend

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friarc1290

specialc1300

necessaryc1384

familiar?c1400

great frienda1425

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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

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bosom1913

aceboy1951

boon coon1951

mellow1967

squeeze1980

acegirl2009

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > personal friend

intimate1828

personal1961

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 125 The other sort of Power, that which they have over their Friends and Intimates.

1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 205 Make the liveliest of them my most intimates, and..improve their fellowship to the best advantage.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋1 To procure from that Intimate of hers one of her Letters.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 245 Henry..only remembered that Oliver had been his friend and intimate.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iii. 344 The variety and extent of his knowledge..often astonished his intimates.

Draft additions December 2021

intimate partner violence n. physical, sexual, or psychological abuse of a person by a partner, spouse, etc.

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1988 A. J. Sedlak in G. T. Hotaling et al. Coping with Family Violence ii. 44 More punishment was recommended when the abuser used high Force... This underscores the importance of the degree of violence in evaluations of intimate-partner violence.

1998 Clovis (New Mexico) News Jrnl. 15 Nov. 4 d/1 From 1992–1996 intimate partner violence accounted for about two percent of violent crime sustained by males.

2020 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 June 19 There has been remarkably little research looking at the potential lifelong outcomes of trauma from intimate partner violence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

intimatev.

/ˈɪntɪmeɪt/

Forms: Past participle intimated; also 1500s–1600s intimate.

Etymology: < late Latin intimāt-, participial stem of intimāre to put or bring into, drive or press into, to make known, announce, notify by legal process, < intimus inmost. Compare French intimer (1325 in Godefroy Compl.).

a. transitive. To make known formally, to notify, announce, state; †formerly, to communicate (knowledge), to declare (war).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > wage (war) [verb (transitive)] > declare (war)

bid1330

intimate1548

indicta1575

society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]

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areadc885

meldeOE

sayOE

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bekena1300

wraya1300

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notifyc1390

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voice1629

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apprise1817

aira1902

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvij He incontinente did proclaime and intimate open warre.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxiiii^v Assone as the commynge of y^e Mayre was intymate and knowen to the ryotous persones, they fledde.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Eij^v What fashyon vse ye, to vs here intymate.

1614 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 145 Their humble peticion..Intymating..that the said Hospitall hath bin chardged with the keeping of three Children.

c1639 W. Mure Psalmes xix. 2 in Wks. (1898) II. 83 Day speaks to day and night to night Doth knowledge intimate.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 418 This resolution she intimated to the leaders of both factions.

1816 W. Scott Introd. 1st Ser. Tales my Landlord I have only further to intimate, that Mr Peter Pattieson..hath more consulted his own fancy than the accuracy of the narrative.

1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Feb. 4/7 The coalmasters..have posted a notice..intimating a reduction of ten per cent in the wages of miners.

†b. To designate as something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as

sayOE

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tab1924

1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. x. 368 (note) It was Athelstan..who may, with the greatest propriety, be intitled primus monarcha Anglorum, and accordingly Alured of Beverley so intimates him.

a. To make known or communicate by any means however indirect; hence, to signify, indicate; to imply, to suggest, to hint at.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]

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insinuate1561

to glance at (upon, against)1570

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adumbrate1589

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innuate?1611

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surmise1820

to get at ——1875

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll5 To her he sought to intimate His inward griefe, by meanes to him well knowne.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 69 Till Easter day, when they take vp the representatiue Bodie, intimating thereby his Resurrection.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant ii. 14 The Apostle expresses one duty and intimates another.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 74 Her darling china, in a whirlwind sent, Just intimates the lady's discontent.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 145 The open avowal of what the others only ventured to intimate .

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vi. 135 The Great Spirit, speaking by dumb representation to other spirits, intimates and signifies to them something about Himself.

b. To mention indirectly or in passing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] > mention indirectly or in passing

intimate1634

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 67 We doe deny, that those here intimated, are true ministers.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. x. 275 This is the Treatise of Schisme intimated in my answer to Monsieur de la Militiere.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 85/1 He had intimated another subject, which could not be brought forward without fourteen days notice.

†3. To make intimate, to familiarize. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] > make friendly or familiar

kithc1175

intimate1642

familiarize1709

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > know, be conversant with [verb (transitive)] > render familiar

familiarizea1639

intimate1642

converse1704

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 362 The Lord intimated his heart with this thought.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 451 For two of a Profession (that are not intimated by nearenesse of Friendship) to give one another a good word is Candidnesse miraculous.

Derivatives

ˈintimated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar

homelya1387

familiarc1405

familarya1500

internal1581

intrinsical1602

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pack1686

thickc1756

throng1768

versant1787

solid1882

chummy1884

tutoyant1899

cosy1927

schmoozy1954

tight1956

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] > hinted or suggested

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blowna1616

suggested1660

alluded1700

intimated1849

hinted1853

involved1864

1606 J. Ford Honor Triumphant sig. E4^v A goodly view of Maiestie it was, To see such intimated league betwixt them.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxvii. 243 Goldsmith treasured up the intimated hope.

ˈintimater n. one who intimates.

ΚΠ

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Indittore, an inditer, a denouncer. Also an intimater.

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单词	intimate
释义	intimateadj.n. /ˈɪntɪmət/ Etymology: < Latin intimātus, past participle of intimāre , < intimus inmost, deepest, profound or close in friendship, as n. a close friend, < intus within: see intimate v. A. adj. 1. a. Inmost, most inward, deep-seated; hence, Pertaining to or connected with the inmost nature or fundamental character of a thing; essential; intrinsic. Now chiefly in scientific use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] propera1325 indwelling14.. resident1525 subsistenta1530 corporate1531 immanent1535 intrinsical?1545 integral1551 inexistent1553 internal1564 subjective1564 insident1583 inward1587 inherent1588 imminent1605 inhering1609 intern1612 subjectory1614 intimate1632 inhesive1639 intrinsic1642 implantate1650 medullary1651 implicit1658 inexisting1678 originala1682 indwelt1855 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Intimate (or inward), intime. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iv. xxxi This faculty is very intimate And near the Centre. 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum iv. 44 The true and intimate Substance of the Earth. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iv. 291 Its necessary connection with the intimate constitution of the substance. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe iii. §92. 100 With regard to the intimate structure of matter and ether. b. Entering deeply or closely into a matter. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed specialc1449 particular1548 punctual1611 strict1645 syllabical1647 circumstantiate1649 circumstantiated1654 detaileda1779 intimate1817 inventorial1830 particularized1860 fine-grained1894 pinpoint1960 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. I. iv. 86 A more intimate analysis..matured my conjecture into full conviction. 2. Pertaining to the inmost thoughts or feelings; proceeding from, concerning, or affecting one's inmost self; closely personal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > [adjective] inwardc888 innerc900 spiritualc1384 spiritala1393 soulya1500 interiora1513 intern1546 internal1547 soulish1581 soul-like1606 pneumatic1624 thoughtsome1627 psychical1642 pneumatical1644 animastic1651 animastical1651 intimate1671 in-written1684 soular1818 inwardly1820 psychal1822 noetica1834 the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] inmostc897 inlyeOE mucha1200 deepa1400 inwardc1402 quickc1449 piercingc1450 sharpc1480 profound1526 feeling1531 visceral1575 infelta1586 hearty?1614 hearteda1616 home-felt1637 exquisitea1656 deep-rooted1669 intimate1671 exalted1704 bosom-felt1771 pathologic1891 bone deep1900 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 223 They knew not That what I mention'd was of God; I knew From intimate impulse, and therefore urg'd The Marriage on. View more context for this quotation 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 218 Justice..is nothing but an intimate fear of losing one's own. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 158 He had an intimate sense that Romola was something very much above him. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxv. 5 Some particular intimate reflexions One would tell thee. 3. a. Close in acquaintance or association; closely connected by friendship or personal knowledge; characterized by familiarity (with a person or thing); very familiar. Said of persons, and personal relations or attributes. Also transferred of things, Pertaining to or dealing with such close personal relations. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 106 A Knight who was an intimate friend of his. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 117 They are bound by the Laws..of Heaven..to maintain no intimate, or delightful converse with the wicked. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 91 Sorry at the fate of one of 'em..being one of my intimate acquaintance. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxviii. 205 Kindred minds will be intimate at first sight. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 139 I crown thee [winter] king of intimate delights. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin II. xi. 205 Our losses are not intimate and household. 1841 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. viii. 124 My friends the Carys..are very intimate with Mr. Newman. 1869 T. Erskine Spiritual Order i. 15 The family relation is a more intimate one than the political, and makes more demands on the heart and inner life. 1897 A. Upward Secret Courts Europe 157 Another anecdote..is, perhaps, a little too intimate for general repetition. b. euphemistic of sexual intercourse. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > relating to sexual intercourse Venerian1448 venereal?a1475 venerial1531 venereous1542 venerious1542 venerous1562 Venerean1575 veneral1591 syngamical1669 subagitatory1693 horizontal1889 intimate1889 1889 Daily News 23 Jan. 2/6 The defendant..did not however have intimacy with her. He had never been intimate with her. 1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. vi. 139 Some of them were..what newspapers call intimate together, without having undergone marriage. 1963 ‘E. McBain’ Ten Plus One (1964) xiv. 162 Do you mean that you and the other two girls were intimate with these boys? 1969 Times 15 Nov. 3/2 I ripped her dress off. She was lying on her face. I was intimate with her. c. Familiarly associated; closely personal. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > relating to a person in his individual capacity > personal or private singularc1340 personala1387 partial?a1439 familiar1569 domestical1586 home1650 domestic1707 vernacular1840 intime1857 intimate1884 1884 H. James En Province in Atlantic Montly Apr. 517/1 These diminutive, intimate things bring one near to the old Roman life. 1898 Daily News 8 Aug. 6/1 Writers like Mr. Henry James, Mr. Howells, and Miss Wilkins, students and observers only of the minute, the delicate, and the intimate. d. Used allusively of women's underclothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > for women lingeriea1865 intimate1904 1904 P. Gibbon Souls in Bondage i. 5 Clothes hung on lines in all directions, intimate linen flapped in the wind. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 32/4 (advt.) Next week we'll be highlighting panti hose and the week after it will be Intimate Apparel week in our Foundations Departments. 1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 10 (advt.) Intimate Apparel, mall level. e. Of a theatrical performance, esp. a revue: that aims at establishing familiar and friendly relations with the audience. Also of a theatre itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > types of performance straight1895 intimate1915 1915 H. K. Moderwell Theatre To-day xvi. 309 The [Manchester Repertory] theatre happens to work mostly with the modern ‘intimate’ or ‘realistic’ play, and so is enabled to get along with one company of actors, albeit a large one. 1919 A. Hornblow Hist. Theatre Amer. II. xxxi. 343 The new method is to build a smaller house, or théâtre intime, allowing of an auditorium with limited capacity so that no seat will be very far from the stage. Among these theatres may be mentioned..the Maxine Elliott, one of the first of the intimate theatres. 1929 N.Y. Times 1 May 28/5 The Little Show. An intimate revue in two acts and twenty-seven scenes. 1930 Nation (N.Y.) 24 Sept. 331/1 The place and the popularity of the intimate music show is assured. People are delighted if it sounds like an impromptu affair. 1948 Penguin Music Mag. 6 51 A series of intimate opera to be given at La Scala with a small audience seated on the stage. 1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 102 Intimate revue, a smart, topical revue played in a small (intimate) theatre. 1959 Times 22 Jan. 3/2 Intimate revue, at a glance, appears to be the theatre's gift to television. 1961 A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 52 The Intimate Position of the head is that in which both the face and the eyes are directed squarely toward the other person. 1974 Times 27 Aug. 8/5 That quiet British archness which put the phrase Intimate Revue into the language. 4. Of knowledge or acquaintance: Involving or resulting from close familiarity; close. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] couthOE known1340 familiara1398 unstrangec1400 learnedc1420 conversant1430 beknown?c1475 well-beknown1480 quentc1540 well-kent1554 quainted1560 well-known1568 obversant1579 conversed1607 tame1609 familiarized1633 intimatea1680 household1761 homely1782 ole1835 old1898 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 211 Challenge intimate Acquaintance With all the learned Moderns, and the Ancients. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 236 My abhorrence..arises from an intimate knowledge of his character. 1900 N.E.D. at Intimate Mod. One who has an intimate acquaintance with parliamentary procedure. 5. Of a relation between things: Involving very close connection or union; very close. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected > closely related speciala1398 sib?1507 affined1586 cousin1590 affine1614 incorporatea1616 vehementa1626 intimate1692 affinitive1745 affiliate1800 affinal1834 proximate1985 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 565 Pride..is of such Intimate, and even Essential Connexion with Ingratitude. 1831 D. Lardner Pneumatics v. 286 Such pressure only renders the contact of the valve more intimate. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxi. 415 This grit is made up of an intimate mixture of fine grains of white quartz and pink felspar. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 191 There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals. 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 153 The adhesions were most intimate over the upper lobe. B. n. †1. One who intimately belongs to something; a typical representative or example. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person > one who is a typical example intimate1607 typifier1745 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xi. 124 For the intimates of this complexion [the Phlegmatic]..are always pale coloured; slow pac'd; drowsie Headed. 2. A person with whom one is intimate; a very close friend or associate. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > personal friend intimate1828 personal1961 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 125 The other sort of Power, that which they have over their Friends and Intimates. 1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 205 Make the liveliest of them my most intimates, and..improve their fellowship to the best advantage. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋1 To procure from that Intimate of hers one of her Letters. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 245 Henry..only remembered that Oliver had been his friend and intimate. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iii. 344 The variety and extent of his knowledge..often astonished his intimates. Draft additions December 2021 intimate partner violence n. physical, sexual, or psychological abuse of a person by a partner, spouse, etc. ΚΠ 1988 A. J. Sedlak in G. T. Hotaling et al. Coping with Family Violence ii. 44 More punishment was recommended when the abuser used high Force... This underscores the importance of the degree of violence in evaluations of intimate-partner violence. 1998 Clovis (New Mexico) News Jrnl. 15 Nov. 4 d/1 From 1992–1996 intimate partner violence accounted for about two percent of violent crime sustained by males. 2020 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 June 19 There has been remarkably little research looking at the potential lifelong outcomes of trauma from intimate partner violence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). intimatev. /ˈɪntɪmeɪt/ Forms: Past participle intimated; also 1500s–1600s intimate. Etymology: < late Latin intimāt-, participial stem of intimāre to put or bring into, drive or press into, to make known, announce, notify by legal process, < intimus inmost. Compare French intimer (1325 in Godefroy Compl.). 1. a. transitive. To make known formally, to notify, announce, state; †formerly, to communicate (knowledge), to declare (war). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > wage (war) [verb (transitive)] > declare (war) bid1330 intimate1548 indicta1575 society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] speakc825 areadc885 meldeOE sayOE yknowa1225 warnc1275 bekena1300 wraya1300 signifyc1325 declarec1340 to speak outc1384 discuss1389 notifyc1390 bida1400 advertise1447 notice1447 detectc1465 render1481 minister1536 to set outa1540 summonc1540 intimate1548 acquaint1609 phrase1614 voice1629 denote1660 unlade1717 apprise1817 aira1902 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvij He incontinente did proclaime and intimate open warre. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxiiii^v Assone as the commynge of y^e Mayre was intymate and knowen to the ryotous persones, they fledde. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Eij^v What fashyon vse ye, to vs here intymate. 1614 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 145 Their humble peticion..Intymating..that the said Hospitall hath bin chardged with the keeping of three Children. c1639 W. Mure Psalmes xix. 2 in Wks. (1898) II. 83 Day speaks to day and night to night Doth knowledge intimate. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 418 This resolution she intimated to the leaders of both factions. 1816 W. Scott Introd. 1st Ser. Tales my Landlord I have only further to intimate, that Mr Peter Pattieson..hath more consulted his own fancy than the accuracy of the narrative. 1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Feb. 4/7 The coalmasters..have posted a notice..intimating a reduction of ten per cent in the wages of miners. †b. To designate as something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as sayOE calla1250 deemc1400 nevenc1425 qualify?1465 designa1500 expound1530 style1570 read1590 intenda1599 dub1607 instyle1607 phrase1607 enstyle1616 speaka1625 cognominate1632 determine1653 clapa1657 designate1669 intimate1799 nominate1799 bedub1884 tab1924 1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. x. 368 (note) It was Athelstan..who may, with the greatest propriety, be intitled primus monarcha Anglorum, and accordingly Alured of Beverley so intimates him. 2. a. To make known or communicate by any means however indirect; hence, to signify, indicate; to imply, to suggest, to hint at. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll5 To her he sought to intimate His inward griefe, by meanes to him well knowne. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 69 Till Easter day, when they take vp the representatiue Bodie, intimating thereby his Resurrection. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant ii. 14 The Apostle expresses one duty and intimates another. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 74 Her darling china, in a whirlwind sent, Just intimates the lady's discontent. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 145 The open avowal of what the others only ventured to intimate . View more context for this quotation 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vi. 135 The Great Spirit, speaking by dumb representation to other spirits, intimates and signifies to them something about Himself. b. To mention indirectly or in passing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] > mention indirectly or in passing intimate1634 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 67 We doe deny, that those here intimated, are true ministers. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. x. 275 This is the Treatise of Schisme intimated in my answer to Monsieur de la Militiere. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 85/1 He had intimated another subject, which could not be brought forward without fourteen days notice. †3. To make intimate, to familiarize. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] > make friendly or familiar kithc1175 intimate1642 familiarize1709 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > know, be conversant with [verb (transitive)] > render familiar familiarizea1639 intimate1642 converse1704 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 362 The Lord intimated his heart with this thought. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 451 For two of a Profession (that are not intimated by nearenesse of Friendship) to give one another a good word is Candidnesse miraculous. Derivatives ˈintimated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] > hinted or suggested shaded1583 blowna1616 suggested1660 alluded1700 intimated1849 hinted1853 involved1864 1606 J. Ford Honor Triumphant sig. E4^v A goodly view of Maiestie it was, To see such intimated league betwixt them. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxvii. 243 Goldsmith treasured up the intimated hope. ˈintimater n. one who intimates. ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Indittore, an inditer, a denouncer. Also an intimater. 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