Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hospitable

Hospitable , adjective

[Compare Old French hospitable, Late Latin hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.]

1.
Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. — Shakespeare
2.
Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. — Goldsmith