Hōs'pi-ta-ble, a.

a. [O. Fr. hospitable, N. Fr. hospitallier, Pr. hospitaler, It. ospitabile, ospitale, Sp. hospedable, hospital, Lat. hospitalis, from hospes, 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 to strangers; as, a hospitable table; hospitable rites.

To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Goldsmith.