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hospitable

[ hos-pi-tuh-buhl, ho-spit-uh-buhl ]

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 followed by to ):

    to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn.



hospitable

/ ˈhɒspɪtəbəl; hɒˈspɪt- /

adjective

  1. welcoming to guests or strangers
  2. fond of entertaining
  3. receptive

    hospitable to new ideas

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³Ù²¹²ú±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³Ù²¹²ú±ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó´Ç²õp¾±Â·³Ù²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³ó´Ç²õp¾±Â·³Ù²¹Â·²ú±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hospitable1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³ÙÄå(°ù±ð) “to receive as guest†(compare Latin ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³ÙÄå°ùÄ« “to be a guestâ€; hospitium ) + -ble
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hospitable1

C16: from Medieval Latin ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³ÙÄå°ù±ð to receive as a guest, from Latin hospes guest, host 1
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On a deeper level, Frable is concerned about how factors like pollution and climate change are making the ocean less hospitable to aquatic life.

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In more hospitable weather, a rat can become pregnant when she’s just two months old, and that pregnancy will last only three to five weeks.

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They also increase inflammation, which makes the body more hospitable to cancer.

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Since he won the election Nov. 5, the habitat for hangers-on has been Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s waterfront Palm Beach playground in Florida, a state famously hospitable to swamps.

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Iranians are the most hospitable people you will ever meet and we take so much pride in how we welcome guests – strangers or loved ones — into our homes.

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