HOS'PITABLE, adjective [Latin hospitalis, from hospes, a guest.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers, with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; disposed to treat guests with generous kindness; as a hospitable man. 2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness to guests; manifesting generosity; as a hospitable table; hospitable rites. 3. Inviting to strangers; offering kind reception; indicating hospitality. To where yon taper cheers the vale, With hospitable ray.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI