Dictionary entry

Inhospitable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐hos″pi‐ta‐ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.]

1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

Have you no touch of pity, that the poor

Stand starved at your inhospitable door? Cowper.

2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. “Inhospitable wastes.” Blair.

— In‐hos″pi‐ta‐ble‐ness, n. — In‐hos″pi‐ta‐bly, adv.