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guestfriendliness

guestfriendliness noun: hospitality.

Noun

guestfriendliness (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) Hospitality.
    • Guestfriendliness to callers Is your surest thief of time They're so much at holmes when with you They don't dream of gugging heim.1931, James Joyce, “To Mrs Herbert Gorman Who Complained That Her Visitors Kept Late Hours”, in The Complete Poetry of James Joyce, published 2016

Forms of guestfriendliness

alternative formguest-friendliness

Origin of guestfriendliness

From a compound of guest + friendliness, or a derivative of guestfriendly.

Questions about guestfriendliness

What does guestfriendliness mean?
Guestfriendliness means hospitality.
What part of speech is guestfriendliness?
Guestfriendliness is a noun.

Words near guestfriendliness in the dictionary

  1. guesten
  2. guestened
  3. guestening
  4. guestens
  5. guestfree
  6. guestfriendliness
  7. guestfriendly
  8. guestfriendship
  9. guestfriendships
  10. guesthood
  11. guesthouse

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