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INTIMATE

marked by a warm friendship developing through long association

The meaning of the word intimate is marked by a warm friendship developing through long association.

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expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
gerontologythe comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics
nuancea subtle distinction or variation
brandishto shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
vendorone that vends : seller