familiar spirit

The same as FAMILIAR, B. 3. fa-mil-l-ar-i-ty, *fam-i-lar-i-te, *fa-mil-iar-i-tie, *fam-y-ly-ar-y-tye, s. [ Fr.familiar ité, from Lat. familiar it as, from familiar is; Sp. famil 1. Acquaintance; habitude; use. famed, a . [Eng. fam(e); -ed.] Much talked of; iaridad ; Port.familiaridade ; Ital. familiar ità .] renowned, celebrated, noted. "With the most fam'd of beauties there." Digby : Elvira , act v. *fame-full, a. [Eng. fame ; -ful ( l ).] Famous, celebrated, renowned. "Whose foaming stream strives proudly to compare, Even in the birth, with fame full'st floods that are." Sylvester: Du Bartas , day iii., wk. i., 377. fame-le , a . [Eng. fame ; -le .] Without fame, reputation, or renown; unfamed. fāme'-lě -ly, adv. [Eng. famele ; -ly.] In a famele manner; without fame or renown. *făm-e-lick, a . [FAMILY.] Domestic, domes ticated. fa-mil-iar (iar as yer), *fa-myl-iar, *fa-myller, *fam-u-lier, a . & s . [Fr. familier , from Lat. familiar is belonging to a family, from familia =a household, a family; Sp. & Port. familiar ; Ital. familiare , famigliar .] A. As adjective : 1. Of or pertaining to a household or family; domestic. 2. Of ordinary or everyday use or occurrence; common. "Let but that be considered, than which there is not any thing more familiar unto us, our food."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity , bk. i., ch. xvi. "A terror which familiarity soon diminished."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. 2. Intimate acquaintance; close friendship; intimacy. "To renewe their old love and famylyarytye. "- Hall: Henry VI. (an. 12.) 3. Ease of writing or speaking; freedom from restraint. "That freedom and familiarity of style, which we have taken up in our correspondence."- Pope : Letter to H. Cromwell (1710).