Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-HOS'PI-TA-BLE
IN-HOOP'EDIN-HOS'PI-TA-BLE-NESS, or IN-HOS-PI-TAL'I-TY
IN-HOS'PI-TA-BLE, a. [in and hospitable.]
- Not hospitable; not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously; declining to entertain guests, or entertaining them with reluctance; as, an inhospitable person or people.
- Affording no conveniencies, subsistence or shelter to strangers; as, inhospitable deserts or rocks. Milton. Dryden.
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