hospitable

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/, /ˈhɑspɪtəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: hos‧pit‧a‧ble

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hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

1. cordial and generous towards guests

   Synonym: guestfriendly

   hospitable family

   • 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 3rd book (A Long Lane), page 45:

     "And you come, brother," said Mr. Wegg, in a hospitable glow, "you come like I don't know what—exactly like it—I shouldn't know you from it—shedding a halo all around you."

2. receptive and open-minded
3. favorable
4. favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

• habitable
• inhabitable
• livable
• tenantable

• uninhabitable