hospitable

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  1. adjective Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity.
  2. adjective Indicative of cordiality toward guests: a hospitable act.
  3. adjective Having an open mind; receptive: hospitable to new ideas.
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  1. Obsolete French, from Medieval Latin *hospitābilis, from Latin hospitāre, to put up as a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French hospitable = Spanish hospedable = Italian ospitabile, from Middle Latin as if *hospitabilis, from hospitare, receive as a guest: see hospitate, host, v., and cf. hospital.
 

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/ˈhɑspɪtəbl/
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