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单词 harborous
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harborousadj.

Forms: Also 1500s herber-, herbo(u)r-, harber-, harbour-, etc.
Etymology: < harbour n.1, after words in -ous suffix from French, e.g. humorous.
Obsolete.
1. Affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [adjective] > connected with providing accommodation
harborous1526
hospitary1658
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable
harborous1526
hospitable1570
hospital1570
harboursome1584
hospitalious1596
hospitious?1611
entertaining1640
xenodochial1716
open-housed1804
open house1836
open-doored1842
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Tim. iii. 2 A bishoppe must be..honestly aparelled, harberous, apt to teache.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iv. 9 Be ye herbrous and that without grudginge.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 38 An other sorte promyseth their howse to be herbourouse to the howsehold of fayth.
a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 14 Their nature, which is easie and harborous to strangers.
1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids 72 In this kinde harb'rous town.
2. Furnished with harbours or havens for ships.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [adjective] > furnished with harbours
harborous1612
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 49 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks That water at the first Was harborous to brode wide ships, now harborous to wains.]
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Her haven angled so about her harbrous sound.
1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 264 A countrey harborous on either side with commodious Havens.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. vii. 95/2 This is a well known Sea, call'd Euxine, or Harborous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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