Definition of familiar

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Familiar (a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

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Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration..
Unacquainted :: Unacquainted (a.) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Heartlings :: Heartlings (interj.) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
Ferrotype :: Ferrotype (n.) A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.
Disacquaint :: Disacquaint (v. t.) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.
Patrician :: Patrician (n.) One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
Accustom :: Accustom (v. t.) To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to..
Unwonted :: Unwonted (a.) Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers..
Neighborly :: Neighborly (a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Shyly :: Shyly (adv.) In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.
Inconversant :: Inconversant (a.) Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.
Memoirs :: Memoirs (n.) A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2..
Coterie :: Coterie (n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique..
Confabulatory :: Confabulatory (a.) Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.
Mamma :: Mamma (n.) Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) An intimate; a companion.
Skilled :: Skilled (a.) Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry..
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Confab :: Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation.
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