extimate

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɪmət/ Hyphenation: ex‧tim‧ate === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== extimate (not comparable) (obsolete, rare) Most distant or faraway; outermost, uttermost. Synonyms: farthest, furthest; see also Thesaurus:distant Antonyms: closest, nearest; see also Thesaurus:near ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From extimacy +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Extimacy is a calque of French extimité (coined by the French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901–1981) in 1959–1960), probably from a blend of French externe (“external”) + intimité (“closeness, intimacy”). The English word can be analysed as a blend of external +‎ intimate. ==== Adjective ==== extimate (psychology) In the works of Jacques Lacan: simultaneously external and intimate. ===== Related terms ===== extimacy ===== Translations ===== === References ===