hosp

See also: Hosp.

English

Noun

hosp

1. Abbreviation of hospital.

Anagrams

• OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, posh, shop, soph

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hosp (“reproach, insult, contumely, blasphemy”).

Noun

hosp (plural hosps)

1. detraction, blasphemy, to hold in derision, vilify

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *huspaz (“derision, mockery”), from Proto-Germanic *hut-, *hūt- (“to be naughty, be impudent”), from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- (“to mock”). Related to Old English hyspan (“to mock, scorn, deride”), Old English hūsc (“mockery, derision, scorn, insult”), Old High German hosc (“vilification, ridicule, scorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xosp/, [hosp]

Noun

hosp m (nominative plural hospas)

1. reproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

Declension

Declension of hosp (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hosp	as
accusative	hosp	as
genitive	hospes	a
dative	hospe	um

Related terms

• hospcwide m (“insulting speech”)
• hospettan (“to ridicule”)
• hospsprǣċ f (“jeer, taunt”)
• hospul (“contemptible”)
• hospword n (“abusive language, contemptuous expression”)

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “hosp”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hosp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin hospes.

Noun

hosp m (plural hosps)

1. (Sursilvan) guest

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) giast

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Vilamovian

Noun

hosp f (plural hospa)

1. hasp