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adj
Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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adj
Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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History
From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality; relations of hospitality between states or between a person and a state; the status of an alien, i.e., not a citizen”), equivalent to xenia + -al.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
