familiarnessn.
/fəˈmɪlɪənəs/, U.S. /fəˈmɪljərnəs/, /fəˈmɪliərnəs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > intimacy
privitya1250
nearnessc1485
familiarness1539
inwardness1578
greatnessa1586
privatenessa1586
entireness1599
habitude1612
gossiprya1614
strictnessc1614
mutualitiesa1616
particulara1616
intimity1617
privancy1622
privacy1638
intimacy1641
intimateness1642
familiarity1664
throng1768
closeness1851
close harmony1876
innerliness1888
insociation1893
dearness-
1539 R. Morison Invective ayenste Treason sig. Aviiiv He vsed more familiarnesse with fewe of his subiectes, than he dydde with the Marques.
1789 F. Burney Diary Apr. (1842) V. 22 She does not choose such sort of familiarness.
1858 C. Patmore Espousals xii, in Angel in House (ed. 2) II. 291 So near a touch Affirms no mean familiarness.
1893 R. Garnett Poems 112 O spare us, for indeed we rue Our rash familiarness!
2. The quality of being well known from long or close association; (also) knowledge of or habituation to a thing or person. Cf. familiarity n. 5.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun]
enqueyntance1297
knowledgec1384
homeliness1402
acquaintancec1540
familiarity1574
habit1586
discourse1603
frequence1603
familiarness1612
conversationa1626
conversea1652
acquaintedness1661
intimacy1714
inquaintancea1834
hability1840
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > familiarity with a thing
familiarity1574
habit1586
frequence1603
familiarness1612
acquaintanceship1820
at-homeishness1842
at-home-ness1880
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxii. 262 The familiarnes of the matter.
a1645 R. Heywood Observ. & Instr. (1869) iii. lxii. 55 Neuer was of familiarnes Contempt esteem'd the proper childe.
?1750 Oracle, or, Resolver of Questions 102 The familiarness of it [sc. love] breeds contempt.
1849 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. xvi. 293 He has made us feel the loveliness of a thousand objects which escape us from their very familiarness.
1894 W. P. James Romantic Professions 12 What tells chiefly with the girls against the eminently respectable race of bankers and brewers and doctors and lawyers is their appalling commonness, their frequency, I mean, and familiarness.
1922 F. M. Hall Hist. Treasures 115/3 We feel a certain sense of familiarness with the things talked of in these old papers.
1964 D. E. Fehrenbacher Abraham Lincoln p. xiii The very familiarness, the routine ubiquity of his name and face, tend to veil the man from our understanding.
2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. 14 Coronation Street was conceived as a glimpse of the most ordinary lives imaginable,..and that familiarness is still its biggest selling point.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]
covenablenessa1382
covenabletec1384
propertya1387
abilitya1398
congruencec1430
conveniencec1430
meetnessc1449
congruencya1513
conveniency1526
congruity1530
familiarity1551
suitableness1594
familiarnessa1617
idoneity1617
connaturalnessa1628
suitability1648
adequateness1650
adaptness1657
competibilitya1660
accommodateness1660
adaptation1663
adaptedness1673
evenliness1674
condecence1678
decorousness1678
feating1682
resemblance1715
idoneousness1727
appropriateness1731
favourableness1775
adaptitude1806
adaptment1831
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 182 The fitness of the rite to represent that to which it hath reference, and the familiarnesse of it for their vnderstanding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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