| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun familiarity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (familiarity) | 1. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.[Wordnet]. 2. Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known.[Wordnet]. 3. Close or warm friendship.[Wordnet]. 4. A casual manner.[Wordnet]. 5. An act of undue intimacy.[Wordnet]. 6. 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.[Websters]. 7. 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.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FAMILIARITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: familiarity
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] Intimate and frequent converse, or association in company. The gentlemen lived in remarkable familiarity. Hence,. | 2: [Noun] Easiness of conversation; affability; freedom from ceremony.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Biology & Biotechnology | The fact that most genetically engineered organisms are developed from organisms such as crop plants whose biology is well understood. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "E tribus optimis rebus tres pessimae oriuntur: 2: E felicitate invidia." - Plutarch (translated). 3: E veritate odium; e familiaritate contemptus; 4: Familiarity Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 5: French: La familiaritéengendre le méris. 6: French: La familiaritéengendre le méris. 7: Italian: La famigliarità fà dispregiamento. 8: Latin: Nimia familiaritas contemptum parit. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] An instance of familiar behaviour. (references) | 2: [Noun] Close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability. (references) | 3: [Noun] Informality; impertinence. (references) | 4: [Noun] Sexual intimacy. (references) | 5: [Noun] The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy. (references) | 6: [Noun] Undue intimacy. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: familiarity | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Familiarity heuristic | 15 | Familiarity heuristic | 15 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
