Definition of familiar

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Familiar (a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

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Modest :: Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman..
Habituate :: Habituate (v. t.) To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..
Disreputable :: Disreputable (a.) Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia..
Homely :: Homely (n.) Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate..
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon..
Popular :: Popular (a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Man :: Man (n.) A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!.
Staled :: Stale (v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
Contubernial :: Contubernial (a.) Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
Acquaint :: Acquaint (v. t.) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
Towser :: Towser (n.) A familiar name for a dog.
Unacquainted :: Unacquainted (a.) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Tame :: Tame (a.) To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast..
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
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