Familiar
[fə'mɪlɪə] or [fə'mɪljɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard.
(noun.) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support.
(adj.) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; 'on familiar terms'; 'pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders' .
(adj.) well known or easily recognized; 'a familiar figure'; 'familiar songs'; 'familiar guests' .
(adj.) within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; 'familiar ordinary objects found in every home'; 'a familiar everyday scene'; 'a familiar excuse'; 'a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences' .
Edited by Ingram--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.
(a.) Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
(a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
(a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
(a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
(n.) An intimate; a companion.
(n.) An attendant demon or evil spirit.
(n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Conversant, well acquainted, well versed.[2]. Intimate, close, near, friendly, amicable, fraternal, cordial, on a friendly footing, on friendly terms.[3]. Unceremonious, social, accessible, unconstrained, free, easy, affable, courteous, civil, polite, free and easy.[4]. Well known.
Editor: Margaret
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Household, common, free, frank, affable, everyday, well-acquainted, accustomed,conversant, intimate
ANT:Uncommon, rare, strange, extraordinary, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new,inconversant, unfamiliar
Typed by Jed
Definition
adj. well acquainted or intimate: showing the manner of an intimate: free: unceremonious: having a thorough knowledge of: well known or understood: private domestic: common plain.—n. one well or long acquainted: a spirit or demon supposed to attend an individual at call: a member of a pope's or bishop's household: the officer of the Inquisition who arrested the suspected.—v.t. Famil′iarise to make thoroughly acquainted: to accustom: to make easy by practice or study.—n. Familiar′ity intimate acquaintanceship: freedom from constraint: any unusual or unwarrantable freedom in act or speech toward another acts of license—usually in pl.—adv. Famil′iarly.
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Examples
- On the second day he found his wife and Sir Percival whispering together quite familiar, close under the vestry of the church. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You are not familiar with Cambridgeshire scenery, are you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was something most startlingly familiar about him, exclaimed Mr. Philander, And yet, bless me, I know I never saw him before. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Application and industry have been familiar to the one; idleness and dissipation to the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His appearance was quite familiar to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am, of course, familiar with the contents of these letters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He knew to the full extent only through experience, what a large place in his life was left blank when her familiar little figure went out of it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The best known constituent of the air is oxygen, already familiar to us as the feeder of the fire without and within the body. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We are all familiar with the less powerful ones which are universally used on automobiles for night driving and in a multitude of other every-day practices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Keimer and I lived on a pretty good, familiar footing, and agreed tolerably well; for he suspected nothing of my setting up. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He had no familiar friend. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The negative or iron plate (Fig. 5) has the familiar flat-pocket construction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mrs. Bounderby,' said Harthouse, perfectly hearing this under-strain as it went on; 'your brother's face is quite familiar to me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His familiars were creeping and winged things, and they seemed to enroll him in their band. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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