intimist
1 of 2noun
in·ti·mist
-mə̇st
plural -s
often capitalized
: an intimist painter
intimist
2 of 2adjective
"
often capitalized
1
: of, relating to, or practicing intimism
2
of fiction : dealing chiefly with intimate and private especially psychological experiences
the peculiarly modern feeling of individual helplessness that the war brought into … people's consciousness, and it made sense of that emotion as the intimist novel does not as a rule
Anthony West
Anthony West
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French intimiste, from intime intimate + -iste -ist
- loosen (up)
- loosen one's collar
- loosen one's grip
- loosen one's grip/hold
- loosen one's hold
- loosen someone's tongue
- loosen the purse strings
- loosen up
- loosened
- loosened (up)
- loosened up
- loosener
- looseners
- looseness
- loosenesses
- loosening
- loosening (up)
- loosening up
- loosens
- loosens (up)
- loosens up
- looser
- looses
- loosest
- loosestrife