Word of the Day

Familiar

December 17, 2025

fa-mil-iar / fəˈmilyər /

Adjective/Noun

  Adjective having prior knowledge of something or someone "No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." Lin Yutang (1895-1976) Noun a demon tending and obeying a witch "You see, a witch has to have a familiar, some little animal like a cat or a toad; he helps her somehow." Henry Kuttner (1915-1958)
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