‖ osteria
(əʊstəˈriːa)
Also 7 hosteria.
[It. osteria (in Florio hosteria) inn, f. oste:—L. hospite-m host n.2: cf. hostry.]
An inn or hostelry, in Italy or a country where Italian is spoken.
| 1605 B. Jonson Volpone ii. vi, Ha' not I Known him a common Rogue, come fidling in To th' Osteria. 1625 Fletcher Fair Maid of Inn ii. ii, Thy Master that lodges here in my Hosteria. 1766 Smollett Trav. 313 He would take me to an excellent osteria where I should be entertained and lodged like a Prince. 1887 T. G. Jackson Dalmatia II. 187 Our lodging..was a palace compared to the osteria where we dined, or rather fed. |