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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overfamiliar en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English familiar English overfamiliar From over- + familiar.

Meanings

  1. Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.
  2. (qualifier:Used with “with”) So acquainted with something, that one doesn't notice it, or is annoyed by it.
  3. Overly friendly or intimate.

Forms

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most overfamiliar Degree=Sup lexicographic
more overfamiliar Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

overfamiliarly