extimate
Adj
- Most distant or faraway; outermost, uttermost.
- In the works of Jacques Lacan: simultaneously external and intimate.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*h₁eǵʰs
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
distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, farthest, furthest, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, remote
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