hospitable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Friendly and generous toward guests and visitors.

   Our hosts were warm and hospitable throughout our stay.

2. 2
   adj

   Providing good conditions for life or growth.

   The desert is not a hospitable place for most plants.

3. 3
   adj

   Open and willing to consider new ideas.

   The committee was hospitable to new suggestions.

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

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