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intimate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted aeiimnttStarts with IEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.

Used in a sentence

  • an intimate friend
  • He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
  • an intimate setting

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