familiar
fa·mi·liar
adjective
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having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- “on familiar terms”
- “pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders”
noun
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Origin
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.
Phrases
- familiar fraud
- familiar stranger
- on familiar ground
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See also
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