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unˈhospitable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
= inhospitable a. a. Of places.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iii. 11 Being skillesse in these parts: which to a stranger..often proue Rough, and vn⁓hospitable. 1612Webster White Devil v. iii. 45 They have..divorst friends, and made great houses unhospitable. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 612 No neighbouring Dorp, no lodging to be found, But bleaky plains, and bare unhospitable ground. 1703Rowe Ulysses i. i, You..from th'unhospitable Dwelling drive Safety and friendly Peace. 1740Cheyne Regimen 106 Our Earth has,..unfruitful Climates, unhospitable and uninhabited Regions. 1808Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 472 A cluster of unhospitable rocks.
b. Of persons.
a1625Fletcher Fair Maid Inn ii. i, Serv. Shall we kill him? Alber. No, I'll not be so unhospitable. 1641J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 116 James and John..call'd for fire from heaven upon those unhospitable Samaritans. 1708Rowe Royal Convert v. i, The Britons then shall join their Arms with yours, To drive out these unhospitable Guests. 1722De Foe Plague (1754) 163 They would be loth to have it remembered..how unhospitable, and how unkind they were. 1842J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo II. 289 The young man, unwilling to be rash or unhospitable. 1864Trollope Can you forgive her? xii, It cannot perhaps fairly be said that George Vavasor was an unhospitable man.
c. Of actions, character, etc.
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iv. ii. 237 To renounce your hospitality, were superfluous, when you have done first, by offering vnhospitable iniury. 1682A. Behn City Heiress 50 What Recompence can I make for so un⁓hospitable usage? 1727Swift State Irel. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 168, I think it a little unhospitable..that..guests [etc.]. 1750G. Hughes Barbados 93 He lies concealed..till the next prey calls him forth to repeat his unhospitable talents. 1760Ann. Reg., Chron. 66/1 The unhospitable custom of giving vails to servants.
Hence unˈhospitableness.
1681J. Kettlewell Meas. Chr. Obed. ii. iv. 165 The Law against uncharitableness.., against unhospitableness. |