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intimacy

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Intimacy is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Jody Watley , released in 1993 (see 1993 in music ) on MCA .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity , closeness ] a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair , affaire , liaison , involvement , amour ] a ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intimacy \In"ti*ma*cy\, n.; pl. Intimacies . [From Intimate .] The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship. Syn: Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship. See Acquaintance .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from intimate + -cy . As a euphemism for "sexual intercourse," from 1670s.

Usage examples of intimacy.

And then, unable to bear the close intimacy of the two of them leaning together over their food, he swung his legs off the low New Amazonian bed and levered himself to his feet.

It would be useless to tell of his summers in Argyllshire and among the inner isles, his intimacy with fishermen who were as elemental as his own dreams of old time.

Lady Bathurst, or, as I call her in the intimacy of her chamber, Violet.

Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk The bees sustained flight, its powerful sting, its intimacy with flowers and avoidance of all unwholesome things, the attachment of the workers to the queen - regarded throughout antiquity as the king - its singular swarming habits and its astonishing industry in collecting and storing honey and skill in making wax.

Her words betrayed her intimacy with the Dakotan leader, and too much scrutiny of Seneca.

The voices of these desert beasts brought home to Domini with an intimacy not felt by her before the exquisite remoteness of their situation, and the shrill, discordant noise, rising and falling with a sort of melancholy and sneering mirth, mingled with bitterness, was like a delicate music in her ears.

With the view of doing this she had sought the intimacy of Miss Dunstable, and for the last year past had indulged every caprice of that lady.

Miss Dunstable had known him at Greshamsbury, where he lived, and there had for some months past grown up a considerable intimacy between them.

The sounds of the night creatures outside the cabin added to the feeling of greater intimacy, for they seemed encapsulated within the cabin, totally cut off from the rest of the world.

The rear-admiral bowed frostily as he was casually introduced, resenting the intimacy that had invaded his clinical, sterile control room.

Their handclasp held, and their mutual knowledge of her longtime regard for him lent the moment an intimacy that was present whenever they met.

He left us a boy, and now he is really a man, and he regards Herm with the sort of intimacy you have never had with him.

Anne sprang back to life, following on his heels, chattering mindlessly, doing everything she could possibly think of to shatter this sudden intimacy between her sister and this dashing rake that seemed to be growing before her very eyes.

Next morning, when the two women kissed each other with heartfelt kindness, and that look of intelligence which marks a real advance in friendship, a closer intimacy between two souls, they heard the sound of horsehoofs, and, turning both together, saw the young Englishman ride slowly past the window, after his wont.

It was an intimacy unequaled by anything save sexual concourse, and that she had denied herself in order to grasp at the future.