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hospitable definition

hos·pi·table (häs′pit ə bəl, häs pit′-)

adjective

    1. friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests
    2. prompted by or associated with friendliness and solicitude toward guests a hospitable act
  2. favoring the health, growth, comfort, etc. of new arrivals; not adverse a hospitable climate
  3. receptive or open, as to new ideas

Etymology: MFr < ML hospitabilis < hospitare, to receive as a guest < hospes: see hospice

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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