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intimation
English
Etymology
From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt??me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
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.
- 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.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 378:
- And actually I had important intimations to communicate as he faced the end. But intimations weren't much use.
- 1862, Henry David Thoreau, Walking:
Translations
Related terms
- intimacy
- intimate
References
- “intimation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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boding
English
Etymology
From bode +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?d??/
- Hyphenation: bod?ing
Adjective
boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)
- foreboding, ominous, portending.
Noun
boding (plural bodings)
- gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.
Verb
boding
- present participle of bode
Anagrams
- Dobing
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