FAMILIARITY

familiarity. Familiarity, n. intimacy, easy intercourse

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Fa‐mil′iar″i‐ty (?), n.; pl. Familiarities (#). [[OE. familarite, F. familiaritéfr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]] 1. 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.
2. 2. 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.
Syn. — Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.