Definition/Meaning of hosp

• English - Abbreviation: hosp hospital
• English - Anagrams: hops OHPs posh shop soph
• Middle English - Etymology: From Old English hosp ( “ reproach , insult , contumely , blasphemy] ” ).
• Middle English - Noun: hosp ( plural hosps ) 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 ” ).