harboursome

English

Alternative forms

• harborsome (North America)

Etymology

From harbour +‎ -some.

Adjective

harboursome (comparative more harboursome, superlative most harboursome)

1. Given to hospitality; hospitable.
   • 1882, Walter Baxendale, The preacher's commentary on the book of Ruth:

     That it is a praiseworthy matter to be harboursome to strangers.

2. Tending to harbour (feelings, etc.); harbouring; protective.
   • 2001, Polska Akademia Nauk, International Society for Universalism, Dialogue and universalism:

     Minorities — as a rule — are distrustful, wounded, and harborsome of uncertainty about their tomorrows.