English Explanatory Dictionary

extimate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Most distant or faraway; outermost, uttermost.
adj
  1. In the works of Jacques Lacan: simultaneously external and intimate.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛkstɪmət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extimate.wav

Word forms

extimate

Etymology

From Latin extimus (“furthest; outermost”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), modelled after ultimate. Extimus is the superlative form of exter (“on the outside, external, outer, outward”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”). Compare intimate.

Synonyms

farthest furthest distant far far-flung far-off faraway outlandish outlying out of the way remote

Antonyms

closest nearest around the corner citerior close close by immediate near nearby nigh present propinquitous proximate

Related words

extimacy
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