a. [ Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord. ]
To where you taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a hospitable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Inhospitable. [ 1913 Webster ]