Intimation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio

Full definition of intimation

Noun

1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration.
• They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
• Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
• 1862, Henry David Thoreau, :At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.

Related terms

• intimacy
• intimate