hostessing

English

Etymology

From hostess +‎ -ing.

Noun

hostessing (uncountable)

1. The work of a hostess.
   • 2007 March 11, Abby Ellin, “Books Strew the Path to the Altar”, in New York Times‎:

     “Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”

Verb

hostessing

1. present participle and gerund of hostess

Anagrams

• ghostiness