WELCOME
ADJECTIVES
► FAINLY pleasant, welcome, gladsome → 1897 Sc.
NOUNS
► ACCOIL reception, welcome → 1814
► BEL-ACCOIL ► BEL-ACCOYLE kindly greeting, welcome → c1400 obs.
► DAP a warm welcome; hence, affection or respect from peers → 1985 African-American sl.
► INBU welcome → 1866 Sc.
► SIGHT FOR SORE EYES a welcome appearance; often used as an affectionate greeting – ‘you’re a sight for sore eyes’ → M19
VERBS
► FAIN to make glad; hence, to welcome a person → c1250 obs.
► FANG to receive as a guest; to welcome → c1275 obs.
► HAIL to salute, to greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome → c1200
► KEEP to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome → 1340 obs.
► KILL THE FATTED CALF to celebrate or welcome lavishly or extravagantly
► RECEIPT to receive, to welcome, to give reception to → 1791 Sc.
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