hosp

== English == === Noun === hosp Abbreviation of hospital. === Anagrams === OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, phos, 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-West Germanic *hosp, *husp (“derision, mockery”), of obscure origin. Likely an alteration of Proto-West Germanic *hosk, *husk (“derision, mockery”), from Proto-Germanic *huskaz, *huską (“mockery”), from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- (“to shout, be naughty, mock”). More at Old English husc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xosp/, [hosp] === Noun === hosp m reproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ġehyspan husc husclīċ hysċan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hosp === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “hosp”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hosp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Romansh == === 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