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   Hos·pi·ta·ble

   /häˈspidəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests: "two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel"
   • ▪ (of an environment) pleasant and favorable for living in: "the Sonoran desert is one of the least hospitable places on earth"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- (see host1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. hospitably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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