harboursome

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adjective

Given to hospitality; hospitable.

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Meanings

adjectiveharboursome (comparative more harboursome, superlative most harboursome)

comparative more harboursome · superlative most harboursome · alternative harborsome

  1. Given to hospitality; hospitable.

    That it is a praiseworthy matter to be harboursome to strangers.

    1882, Walter Baxendale, The preacher's commentary on the book of Ruth
  2. Tending to harbour (feelings, etc.); harbouring; protective.

    Minorities — as a rule — are distrustful, wounded, and harborsome of uncertainty about their tomorrows.

    2001, Polska Akademia Nauk, International Society for Universalism, Dialogue and universalism

Origin

From harbour + -some.

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harboursome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harboursome

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“harboursome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harboursome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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