hospitable
adjUK /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/ · US /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).
1
cordial and generous towards guests
- hospitable family
- "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."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:
2
receptive and open-minded
3
favorable
4
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
- Synonyms
- habitable, inhabitable, livable, tenantable
- Antonyms
- uninhabitable
- Derived terms
- hospitableness, hospitably, unhospitable