Word of the day: xenodochial

Somebody has just used this word in a communication to me. Apparently, xenodochial is an adjective describing something – such as a person, place or software application — that is friendly to strangers. “Xenos” is a Greek word for “strangers” and, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, xenodochial means “hospitable.”

All this makes me wonder whether the use of the word xenodochial is in itself, anti-xenodochial. Maybe Donald Trump will tweet about this one day. But, then again, maybe not. However, I would rather he tweeted about the English language than on the intelligence community or nuclear weapons or the Russians or immigration – or almost anything else.


 




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