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Added 9 October 2026

familiarity

/fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/ noun

In Latin: conversātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about familiarity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known.
Close or warm friendship.
the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy

Origin

From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþnes. Morphologically familiar + -ity.

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