hospitable
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).
- derived from hospitare
- borrowed from hospitable
Definitions
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."
receptive and open-minded
favorable
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favorable for life
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
The neighborhood
- synonymhabitable
- synonyminhabitable
- synonymlivable
- synonymtenantable
- antonymuninhabitable
Derived
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.
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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