noun 1. □ familiarity with someone or something a good knowledge of someone or something ○ His familiarity with London makes him an excellent guide. □ familiarity breeds contempt if you know something too well, you stop respecting it 2. a very informal way of speaking to someone ○ The manager told him off for familiarity with the customers.
fa•mil•iar´i•ty
n.; pl. Familiarities (#). [OE. familarite, F. familiaritefr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]
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. 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.
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. 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.
Meaning of “familiarity” in English language – noun 1. □ familiarity with someone or so...
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