English

Abbreviation

hosp

1. hospital

Anagrams

• hops
• OHPs
• posh
• shop
• soph

Middle English

Noun

hosp (plural hosps)

1. 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”).

Noun

hosp m ‎(nominative plural hospas)

1. reproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

Declension

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)

1. (Sursilvan) guest

Synonyms

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

Vilamovian

Noun

hosp f (plural hospa)

1. hasp