at-homen.
/atˈhəʊm/ A reception of visitors, for whose entertainment the host or hostess, or both, have announced that they will be ‘At home’ during certain hours, in the course of which the visitors may call and leave as they please.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors
conversation1740
at-home1745
conversazione1782
reception1847
afternoon1882
meet-and-greet1960
1745 H. Walpole Let. 25 June in Corr. (1941) IX. 15 Lady Granville, and the Dowager Strafford have their at-homes, and amass company.
1883 J. Hatton in Harper's Mag. Nov. 844/2 Among the notable ‘at homes’ of London..are the Tuesdays at Mr. Alma-Tadema's.
Derivatives
at-homeish adj.
at-homeishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > familiarity with a thing
familiarity1574
habit1586
frequence1603
familiarness1612
acquaintanceship1820
at-homeishness1842
at-home-ness1880
1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 451/1 Whose..indescribable air of at-homishness, bespoke them as the friends of the family.
at-homely adv.
at-home-ness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > familiarity with a thing
familiarity1574
habit1586
frequence1603
familiarness1612
acquaintanceship1820
at-homeishness1842
at-home-ness1880
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > state of being familiar
conversance1609
conversancy1836
at-home-ness1880
1880 Dimplethorpe II. 66 What an air of at-home-ness there was about her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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