hosp

See also: Hosp.

English

Noun

hosp

Abbreviation of hospital.

Anagrams

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

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

hosp (plural hosps)

detraction, blasphemy, to hold in derision, vilify

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): /hosp/

Noun

hosp m (nominative plural hospas)

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

1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", hosp.
Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Hosp. Retrieved October 16, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/019576.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin hospes.

Noun

hosp m (plural hosps)

(Sursilvan) guest

Synonyms

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

Vilamovian

Noun

hosp f (plural hospa)

hasp

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