intimation
English
Etymology
From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
intimation (plural intimations)
- The act of intimating
- the thing intimated.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- 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.
- 1679, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England
References
- “intimation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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