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overfamiliar

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adj

Meaning 2

So acquainted with something, that one doesn't notice it, or is annoyed by it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Used with “with”

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adj

Meaning 3

Overly friendly or intimate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

taking undue liberties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them

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History

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.