Why this word is great
INTIMATION — [Noun] An indirect or subtle suggestion or hint. From Middle French intimation, from Late Latin intimationem (nominative intimatio), meaning "an announcement," from the verb intimare ("to announce, make known"), from Latin intimus ("inmost, deepest"). Unlike a "declaration," which is explicit and formal, or an "implication," which suggests a logical consequence, an intimation is a quiet, furtive communication from the interior. It is the first chill that portends a fever, the single yellow leaf falling from a still-green tree, or the specific quality of a silence heavy with withheld words—a whisper from the deepest chamber, a message from the future written in a code only the heart can decipher.