familiarity


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
familiar/fəˈmɪliə(r)/
adjective
  • 1 well known from long or close association.

    ■ common; usual.

  • 2 (familiar with) having a good knowledge of.
  • 3 in close friendship.

    ■ inappropriately intimate or informal.

noun
  • 1 (also familiar spirit) a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch.
  • 2 a close friend or associate.
  • 3 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.
– derivatives
familiarity noun (pl. familiarities),
familiarly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. familier, from L. familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’.
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