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hos⋅pi⋅ta⋅ble

[hos-pi-tuh-buh

l, ho-spit-uh-buh

–adjective

1.	receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.

2.	characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile.

3.	favorably receptive or open (usually fol. by to): to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn.

Origin:
1560–70; < L hospitā(re) to receive as guest (cf. L hospitārī to be a guest; see hospitium ) + -ble

Related forms:

hos⋅pi⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun

hos⋅pi⋅ta⋅bly, adverb

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Word Origin & History

hospitable

1570, from M.Fr. hospitable, from L. hospitari "be a guest," from hospes (gen. hospitis) "guest" (see host (1)).

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