familiarity /fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/ noun4 •Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.The objects around have been seen so often, that they have at last become, as it were, unseen; their familiarity does not carry us out of ourselves, for all their associations are our own. — 1837 •The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.Do not keep familiarity with any but those, with whom you may improve your time. — 1677 •An instance of familiar behaviour.The gaunt men carried swords and daggers with a new familiarity, and even the women had poniards belted at their waists. — 2003 •Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence. formsfamiliarities