Fa*mil`iar"i*ty (?), n.;
pl. Familiarities (#). [OE. familarite, F. familiaritéfr. 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.
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