intimacy

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US /ˈɪntəməsi/ UK /ˈɪntɪməsi/
noun

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  1. 1
    noun

    close familiarity or personal closeness

    The letters revealed an intimacy the public had never suspected.

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From intimate + -cy; intimate from Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare ('to make known, impress'), from intimus ('innermost'), superlative of in ('in, within').

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