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| acquaintance |
personal familiarity; knowledge. [1/3 definitions] |
| acquainted |
having personal knowledge or familiarity (often fol. by "with"). |
| diminutive |
in grammar, pertaining to an affix or word form that indicates smallness or familiarity, or denoting a word, name, or construction so marked. [1/4 definitions] |
| hear of |
to encounter (something) through hearing or some other form of communication, often resulting in a feeling of slight familiarity. [1/2 definitions] |
| illiterate |
lacking familiarity with elements of culture such as literature and art. [1/5 definitions] |
| intimate1 |
characterized by a thorough acquaintance or detailed familiarity. [1/7 definitions] |
| intimately |
with great familiarity or detailed knowledge. [1/3 definitions] |
| knowledge |
familiarity, awareness, or understanding. [1/4 definitions] |
| liberty |
(often pl.) acts of presumptuousness or undue familiarity. [1/5 definitions] |
| nickname |
a name given to a person, place, or thing in place of or in addition to the proper name, to indicate humor, familiarity, or the character of the person, place, or thing. [1/3 definitions] |
| overfamiliarity |
combined form of familiarity. |
| paw |
to handle clumsily, roughly, or with too much familiarity. [1/6 definitions] |
| sciolism |
superficial knowledge or familiarity, used as a basis for scholarly pretensions. |
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