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overfamiliar

overfamiliar adjective: common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.

Adjective

overfamiliar (comparative more overfamiliar, superlative most overfamiliar)

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

Forms of overfamiliar

comparativemore overfamiliar
superlativemost overfamiliar

Origin of overfamiliar

From over- + familiar.

Words formed from overfamiliar

Questions about overfamiliar

What does overfamiliar mean?
Overfamiliar means common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.
What part of speech is overfamiliar?
Overfamiliar is an adjective.

Words near overfamiliar in the dictionary

  1. overfaithfully
  2. overfall
  3. overfallen
  4. overfalling
  5. overfalls
  6. overfamiliar
  7. overfamiliarities
  8. overfamiliarity
  9. overfamiliarly
  10. overfamous
  11. overfanciful

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