intimation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French intimation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin intimatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intimation (plural intimations)

1. The act of intimating.
2. The thing intimated.
3. Announcement; declaration.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

     They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.

4. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.
   • 1679, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England:

     Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.

   • 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:

     At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.

Translations

A hint

• Bulgarian: намек (bg) m (namek), подмятане (bg) n (podmjatane)
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Announcement; declaration

• Bulgarian: съобщение (bg) n (sǎobštenie)
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Related terms

• intimacy
• intimate

References

• “intimation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.