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[ hos-pi-tuh-buhl, ho-spit-uh-buhl ] / ˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl, hɒˈspɪt ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hospitable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivereceiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family. characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile. favorably receptive or open (usually followed by to): to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn. Origin of hospitable1560–70; <Latin hospitā(re) to receive as guest (compare Latin hospitārī to be a guest; see hospitium) + -ble OTHER WORDS FROM hospitablehos·pi·ta·ble·ness, nounhos·pi·ta·bly, adverbWords nearby hospitablehosier, hosiery, hosing, hosp., hospice, hospitable, hospital, hospital bed, hospital corner, Hospitaler, Hospitalet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hospitableIn return we lent the hospitable Post our halftones, and they adorned its first city edition next morning. The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST We have a culture that has lost engagement with the process of serving food to people in a hospitable way. If Cosi Wants to Make a Profit, It Needs to Increase Wages|Daniel Gross|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST This desire to be hospitable to those of different faiths is evident across the country. How Religion Is Making a Comeback on College Campuses|Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST Legislation was enacted that made Israel arguably the least hospitable destination for refugees on earth. Top Ten Issues The ADL Ignored|Lara Friedman|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Obama will encounter a hospitable people, of course: Indians are never unkind to their guests. A Tattered Special Relationship|Tunku Varadarajan|November 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST I often beg them not to make preparations for me, but they always insist, as their hospitable instincts are very strong. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia|M. E. Hume-Griffith Its rooms are broad and long and low, filled with hospitable tables and comfortable Windsor chairs. The Personality of American Cities|Edward Hungerford Guides had been supplied by the hospitable chief of the Quiyoughcohannocks to convoy the messengers. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia|Charles Campbell The weather was warm, the neighbouring wood, as I knew by experience, hospitable. The Mercy of Allah|Hilaire Belloc Other guests were harboured by that hospitable sward, shambling, downcast lice of the town. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for hospitable/ (ˈhɒspɪtəbəl, hɒˈspɪt-) /
adjectivewelcoming to guests or strangers fond of entertaining receptivehospitable to new ideas Derived forms of hospitablehospitableness, nounhospitably, adverbWord Origin for hospitableC16: from Medieval Latin hospitāre to receive as a guest, from Latin hospes guest, host 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hospitablecongenial, courteous, friendly, neighborly |