Definition of familiar

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Familiar (a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

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Familiary :: Familiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.
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..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.
Granny :: Granny (n.) A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman..
Coyness :: Coyness (n.) The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Codger :: Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation..
Familiarly :: Familiarly (adv.) In a familiar manner.
Confabulate :: Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Familiarize :: Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress..
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
Unwonted :: Unwonted (a.) Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers..
Thou :: Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt..
Chitchat :: Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Acquainted :: Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t..
Conversantly :: Conversantly (adv.) In a familiar manner.
Commonly :: Commonly (adv.) In common; familiarly.
Hobnob :: Hobnob (n.) Familiar, social intercourse..
Blackcoat :: Blackcoat (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat..
Profanation :: Profanation (v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God..
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