Definition of familiarity

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Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties..

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Intimacy :: Intimacy (n.) The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious..
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties..
Staled :: Stale (v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
Nickname :: Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation..
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..
Conversance :: Conversance (n.) The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
Old :: Old (superl.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House..
Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
Familiarness :: Familiarness (n.) Familiarity.
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..
Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..
Coy :: Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry..
Homeliness :: Homeliness (n.) Familiarity; intimacy.
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
Custom :: Custom (n.) Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
Thou :: Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt..
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life..
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