† unhospitaladj.
Obsolete.
Inhospitable.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not
undwellablea1382
unhabitablea1382
inhabitablec1400
uninhabitable1448
unhospital1570
unhospitable1612
inhospitable1616
scurrile1632
unreceivable1634
dishabitable1642
disinhabitable1660
untenantablea1661
unliveable1834
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv/1 Vnhospitall, inhospitus.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B7v A ciuill warre..hath..disfigured the face of nature, and made it so vnhospitall as now you haue found it.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 39 First called Axenus, which signifieth vnhospitall: by reason of the coldnesse thereof, and inhumanity of the bordering Nations.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 174 Hee was hospital in that unhospitall citie.
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