† hospitiousadj.
/hɒˈspɪʃəs/ Obsolete.
Hospitable. (Sometimes representing Latin hospitālis: see hospital adj. 2.)
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harborous1526
hospitable1570
hospital1570
harboursome1584
hospitalious1596
hospitious?1611
entertaining1640
xenodochial1716
open-housed1804
open house1836
open-doored1842
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vi. 240 We glory in th' hospitious rites our grand-sires did commend.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 28 The Shires Hospitious towne.
1672 S. S. Fortunes Tennis-ball sig. B3 Where I shall hope hospitious friends to find.
1784 in Sir B. Burke Viciss. Fam. (1860) 2nd Ser. 316 He got the name of Na Feile, or the Hospitious.
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