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hospitality

noun
/ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/UK/ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/US/ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ə.ti/CA/hɑs.pəˈt̞al.ə.t̞i/

Etymology

From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

  1. derived from hospitālitās
  2. derived from hospitalité
  3. inherited from hospitalite

Definitions

  1. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests

    The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

    • Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.
    • "Quarrels!" said Charles; "do not use so disagreeable a word. I am thinking of nothing but the thanks I owe Lord Avonleigh for his hospitality"—Lord Avonleigh bent to the very edge of the table—"and the favours I am about to ask."
    • In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide their Quality, / To try good Peoples Hoſpitality.

  2. The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service

    The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.

    • After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.

  3. The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or…

    The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.

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Derived

corporate hospitality, hospitality box, hospo, Irish hospitality, nonhospitality, Southern hospitality, unhospitality

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hospitality. 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 hospitality. 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 hospitality

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA