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HOSPITABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hospitableness mean? 

HOSPITABLENESS (noun)
  The noun HOSPITABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertainingplay

  Familiarity information: HOSPITABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOSPITABLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("hospitableness" is a kind of...):

friendliness (a friendly disposition)

Antonym:

inhospitableness (having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition)

Derivation:

hospitable (disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity)


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