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largesse

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lar·gess also lar·gesse  (lär-zhs, -js, lärjs)
n.
1.
a. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
b. Money or gifts bestowed.
2. Generosity of spirit or attitude.
[Middle English largesse, from Old French, from large, generous, from Latin largus.]
largesse or largess [lar-jess]
Noun
the generous giving of gifts, favours, or money [Old French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.largesse - a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
largess
gift - something acquired without compensation
2.largesse - liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness, largess
liberality, liberalness - the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
largesse or largess
noun 1. generosity, charity, bounty, philanthropy, munificence, liberality, alms-giving, benefaction, open-handedness
noun 2. gift, present, grant, donation, endowment, bounty, bequest
Translations
Spanish largesse [lɑːˈʒɛs] n → generosidad f
German largesse [lɑːˈʒɛs] large n → Großzügigkeit f
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The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of ``Largesse, largesse, gallant knights
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Around him lacqueys fussed--placing chairs just behind where he was standing-- and clearing the spectators from his vicinity, so that he should have more room, and not be crowded--the whole done, of course, in expectation of a generous largesse.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Then, scattering apologies broadcast like a medieval monarch distributing largesse, Bill whirled his partner round by sheer muscular force and began what he intended to be a movement toward the farther corner, skirting the edge of the floor.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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