intimacy

[ in-tuh-muh-see ]
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noun,plural in·ti·ma·cies.
  1. the state of being intimate.

  2. a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.

  1. a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.

  2. an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.

  3. an amorously familiar act; liberty.

  4. sexual intercourse.

  5. the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room.

  6. privacy, especially as suitable to the telling of a secret: in the intimacy of his studio.

Origin of intimacy

1
First recorded in 1635–45; intim(ate)1 + -acy

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intimacy

/ (ˈɪntɪməsɪ) /


nounplural -cies
  1. close or warm friendship or understanding; personal relationship

  2. (often plural) euphemistic sexual relations

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