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hospitable
The definition of hospitable is a person or place who is welcoming, friendly and accommodating to guests.
(adjective)A warm and cozy home that you want to sit down in is an example of someplace that would be described as hospitable.
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See hospitable in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests
- prompted by or associated with friendliness and solicitude toward guests: a hospitable act
- favoring the health, growth, comfort, etc. of new arrivals; not adverse: a hospitable climate
- receptive or open, as to new ideas
Origin: MFr < ML hospitabilis < hospitare, to receive as a guest < hospes: see hospice
Related Forms:
- hospitably adverb
See hospitable in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity.
- Indicative of cordiality toward guests: a hospitable act.
- Having an open mind; receptive: hospitable to new ideas.
- Favorable to growth and development; agreeable: a hospitable environment.
Origin:
Origin: Obsolete French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin *hospitābilis
Origin: , from Latin hospitāre, to put up as a guest
Origin: , from hospes, hospit-, guest, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- hosˈpi·ta·bly adverb
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