intimeadj.n.
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a. = intimate adj.
b. Now only as the French word revived in modern English use.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or thorough
through1458
thorough1566
intimea1618
radical1648
radicative1657
full-scale1939
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
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 919 Mine Intime-most, Those that I loued best Abhor mee All.
1629 C. Potter Serm. Consecr. B. Potter 69 His intime friend and familiar.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. v. 36 An intime application of the Agents.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 56 I sharpened the water to divers degrees for its more intim penetration and dissolution.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 22 So that ενεργεια signifies God's intime presence.
1857 W. Bagehot in National Rev. 5 411 The real, rougeless, intime Flicflac we know not.
1947 Ballet Ann. 1 73 Ballet intime bears the same relation to Ballet Russe as chamber music bears to a symphony.
1963 J. Wiesenfarth Henry James iii. 60 Another carriage ride introduces Maisie to an intime relationship between her father and her governess.
1968 W. Garner Deep, Deep Freeze vii. 87 She..patted the sofa, ‘Come and sit here. It is more intime.’
1973 New York 26 Mar. 21/2 Intime restaurant with continental cuisine.
c. n. The inmost part.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > that which is within > interior part(s) > innermost part
inmosta1050
highestlOE
depth1382
intestinea1533
bottom1587
penetral1589
deep1609
recess1616
recessora1637
intime1657
intrinsic1665
penetralia1668
innermost1674
1657 Divine Lover 278 Wound the intymme of my soule with the remembrance of thy wounds.
Derivatives
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adverb] > intimately
intimately1637
intimely1657
1657 Divine Lover 303 A gratious guift by which wee sweetelie and intimmelie aspire to God.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 114 God workes intimely in al things.
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