inhospitableadj.

/ɪnˈhɒspɪtəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Old French inhospitable (15–16th cent. in Godefroy) = Italian inhospitabile , < medieval or modern Latin inhospitābilis (= Latin inhospitālis ): see in- prefix⁴ and hospitable adj.

Not hospitable.

1. Of persons, their actions, disposition, etc.: Not disposed to welcome and entertain strangers; withholding hospitality from guests or visitors.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable > not

houselessa1387

inhospitable1570

hostless1590

inhospitalious1596

inhospital1598

unhospitable1625

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii/1 Inhospitable, inhospitabilis.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. Sect. xiv. §18. 47 He found the inhabitants of a little village so inhospitable, as to refuse to give him entertainment.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 989 Jael, who with inhospitable guile Smote Sisera sleeping through the Temples nail'd.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. iii. 22 The Coast is inhospitable as well as the People.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 172/2 But I assured him, that, on account of his inhospitable treatment, he would receive nothing from me.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. v. 88 What on earth could make you so inhospitable to your Uncle's guest?

2. transferred. Of a region, coast, etc.: Not affording or offering shelter or entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not

undwellablea1382

unhabitablea1382

inhabitablec1400

uninhabitable1448

unhospital1570

unhospitable1612

inhospitable1616

scurrile1632

unreceivable1634

dishabitable1642

disinhabitable1660

untenantablea1661

unliveable1834

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Inhospitable, harbourles: not fit to entertaine one.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 183 Our journey lay sometimes through inhospitable straits.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 306 All places else Inhospitable appeer and desolate.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 57 We..were now proceeding to an hostile, or at best, a desart and inhospitable coast.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) iii. viii. 112 The gardeners of an inhospitable climate contend against the natural sunshine of the south.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 270 Its arid sandy surface stretches for leagues as an inhospitable desert.

Derivatives

inhospitaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > quality of > not

unhospitalitya1425

inhospitality1576

inhospitability1658

inhospitablenessc1660

unhospitableness1681

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Inhospitality, or Inhospitability.

inˈhospitableness n. the quality or character of being inhospitable.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > quality of > not

unhospitalitya1425

inhospitality1576

inhospitability1658

inhospitablenessc1660

unhospitableness1681

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 60 We, impatient of the tyme, and inhospitablenesse of the Place set out againe.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxviii. 353 Never leaving this utter destitution, this frigid inhospitableness.

1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 122/1 [Arabia] occupies a very isolated position, partly on account of the inhospitableness of its coasts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	inhospitable
释义	inhospitableadj. /ɪnˈhɒspɪtəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Old French inhospitable (15–16th cent. in Godefroy) = Italian inhospitabile , < medieval or modern Latin inhospitābilis (= Latin inhospitālis ): see in- prefix⁴ and hospitable adj. Not hospitable. 1. Of persons, their actions, disposition, etc.: Not disposed to welcome and entertain strangers; withholding hospitality from guests or visitors. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable > not houselessa1387 inhospitable1570 hostless1590 inhospitalious1596 inhospital1598 unhospitable1625 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii/1 Inhospitable, inhospitabilis. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. Sect. xiv. §18. 47 He found the inhabitants of a little village so inhospitable, as to refuse to give him entertainment. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 989 Jael, who with inhospitable guile Smote Sisera sleeping through the Temples nail'd. View more context for this quotation 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. iii. 22 The Coast is inhospitable as well as the People. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 172/2 But I assured him, that, on account of his inhospitable treatment, he would receive nothing from me. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. v. 88 What on earth could make you so inhospitable to your Uncle's guest? 2. transferred. Of a region, coast, etc.: Not affording or offering shelter or entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not undwellablea1382 unhabitablea1382 inhabitablec1400 uninhabitable1448 unhospital1570 unhospitable1612 inhospitable1616 scurrile1632 unreceivable1634 dishabitable1642 disinhabitable1660 untenantablea1661 unliveable1834 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Inhospitable, harbourles: not fit to entertaine one. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 183 Our journey lay sometimes through inhospitable straits. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 306 All places else Inhospitable appeer and desolate. View more context for this quotation 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 57 We..were now proceeding to an hostile, or at best, a desart and inhospitable coast. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) iii. viii. 112 The gardeners of an inhospitable climate contend against the natural sunshine of the south. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 270 Its arid sandy surface stretches for leagues as an inhospitable desert. Derivatives inhospitaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > quality of > not unhospitalitya1425 inhospitality1576 inhospitability1658 inhospitablenessc1660 unhospitableness1681 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Inhospitality, or Inhospitability. inˈhospitableness n. the quality or character of being inhospitable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > quality of > not unhospitalitya1425 inhospitality1576 inhospitability1658 inhospitablenessc1660 unhospitableness1681 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 60 We, impatient of the tyme, and inhospitablenesse of the Place set out againe. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxviii. 353 Never leaving this utter destitution, this frigid inhospitableness. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 122/1 [Arabia] occupies a very isolated position, partly on account of the inhospitableness of its coasts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1570
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