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xenial

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈziːnɪəl/
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/ˈziːnɪəl/ · /ˈziːnjəl/

Definition of xenial

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (uncommon)Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
    “Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood.”
    “House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, […] working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, “Yes we can!” over “You can’t do it,” and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation!”
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adj

  1. (uncommon)Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
    “Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood.”
    “House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, […] working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, “Yes we can!” over “You can’t do it,” and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation!”
  2. (uncommon)Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality; relations of hospitality between states or between a person and a state; the status of an alien, i.e., not a citizen”), equivalent to xenia + -al.

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