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Webster 1913 Edition


Inhospitable

In-hos′pi-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
hospitable
: cf. L.
inhospitalis
.]
1.
Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests;
as, an
inhospitable
person or people
.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your
inhospitable
door?
Cowper.
In-hos′pi-ta-ble-ness
,
Noun.
In-hos′pi-ta-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inhospitable

INHOS'PITABLE

,
Adj.
[in and hospitable.]
1.
Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluctance; as an inhospitable person or people.
2.
Affording no conveniences, subsistence or shelter to strangers; as inhospitable desserts or rocks.

Definition 2024


inhospitable

inhospitable

English

Adjective

inhospitable (comparative more inhospitable, superlative most inhospitable)

  1. (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
  2. (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

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