Definitions
having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
Word origin
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.
Used in a sentence
“There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.”
“The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.”
“I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Known from experience”8 letters
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