hospitable
adjective
[ hɒˈspɪtəb(ə)l ]
• friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests.
• "two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel"
Similar:
welcoming,
friendly,
congenial,
genial,
sociable,
convivial,
cordial,
gracious,
amicable,
well disposed,
amenable,
helpful,
obliging,
accommodating,
neighbourly,
warm,
warm-hearted,
kind,
kindly,
kind-hearted,
generous,
liberal,
bountiful,
open-handed,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- (see host1).
