Meanings
nounguestfriendliness (uncountable)
alternative guest-friendliness
- nonce worduncountableHospitality.
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
Origin
From a compound of guest + friendliness, or a derivative of guestfriendly.
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guestfriendliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guestfriendliness
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“guestfriendliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guestfriendliness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guestfriendliness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guestfriendliness.
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