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Webster 1913 Edition


Familiarity

Fa-milˊiar′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Familiarities
(#)
.
[OE.
familarite
, F.
familiarité
fr. L.
faniliaritas
. See
Familiar
.]
1.
The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy;
as, to live in remarkable
familiarity
.
Syn. – Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See
Acquaintance
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Familiarity

FAMILIAR'ITY

, n.
1.
Intimate and frequent converse, or association in company. The gentlemen lived in remarkable familiarity. Hence,
2.
Easiness of conversation; affability; freedom from ceremony.
3.
Intimacy; intimate acquaintance; unconstrained intercourse.