hospitable

adj
/hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/UK/hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/US

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. derived from hospitare
  2. borrowed from hospitable

Definitions

  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."
  2. receptive and open-minded

  3. favorable

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. favorable for life

      favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hospitable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hospitable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at hospitable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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