intimated
Meanings
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To hint or suggest something, often subtly or implicitly.
- "She intimated her desire for a new car."
- "He intimated that he was unhappy with the current project."
Rhymes
Words rhyming with intimatedintimate , complicate , hygiene , antibacterian
Variants
List of all variants of intimated that leads to same resultintimate , intimated , intimater , intimaters , intimates , intimating
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.The word 'intimate' comes from the Latin word 'intimus', which means 'innermost' or 'deepest'. In Old French, the word became 'entamer', which means 'to begin' or 'to touch'. Over time, the meaning of the word evolved to mean 'to hint' or 'to suggest' something, often subtly or implicitly.
Quotes
Quotes by authors and personalities-
He bounded on stage wearing a polo T-shirt and trousers whose sleekness "intimated" a large American Express bill.
- Caroline Sullivan,{it}Times{/it} (London),15 Oct. 1992 -
The dome tops look like pieces of the older ridged plains, "intimating" that the domes formed when the plains were pushed upward from below.
- Robert T. Pappalardo et al.,{it}Scientific American{/it},October 1999 -
Is he really—as his advisers keep "intimating" to Western journalists—a serious reformer waiting to emerge from the closet?
- Murray Scot Tanner,{it}Newsweek{/it},6 May 2002
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