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English
Etymology
From Latin intimus (“innermost”) perhaps via French intime. Compare intimate (adjective).
Pronunciation
Adjective
intime (comparative more intime, superlative most intime)
- (obsolete) inward; internal; intimate
a. 1665, Sir Kenelm Digby, Of bodies and of mans soul to discover the immortality:As to the composition or dissolution of mixed bodies, which is the chief work of elements, and requires an intime application of the agents, water hath the principality and excess over earth.
1988 April 9, Gordon Gottlieb, “The Urban Gay Camp and Croon”, in Gay Community News, page 11:What is it about gay men that they're so often linked with musical revue in a cabaret milieu? Is it the intimate ambience — more intime, more revealing — than larger stage productions? Is there more room for specialized acts that need not draw a larger (read straighter) crowd?
References
“intime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
intima + -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
intime
- intimately
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin intimus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intime (plural intimes)
- intimate
- inner
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
intime
- inflection of intim:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
intime
- feminine plural of intimo
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
intime
- vocative masculine singular of intimus
References
- “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
intime
- definite singular of intim
- plural of intim
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
intime
- definite singular of intim
- plural of intim
Portuguese
Verb
intime
- inflection of intimar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
intime
- inflection of intimar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative