intimation Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an indirect suggestion
breath; hint.
- not a breath of scandal ever touched her
noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
glimmer; glimmering; inkling.
- he had no inkling what was about to happen

L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.

The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Announcement; declaration. Macaulay.
They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. Holland.
A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet.