hostessing

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noun

The work of a hostess.

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Meanings

nounhostessing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe work of a hostess.

    “Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”

    2007 March 11, Abby Ellin, “Books Strew the Path to the Altar”, in New York Times
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hostess

Origin

From hostess + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ghostiness
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hostessing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hostessing.

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