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largesse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun largesse has 2 senses
- largesse(n = noun.possession) largess - a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously; Array is a kind of gift
- largesse(n = noun.attribute) largess, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness - liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit; Array is a kind of liberality, liberalness
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Liberality; generosity; bounty. [1913 Webster]"Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace." [1913 Webster]
- A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. [1913 Webster]"The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of “Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!” and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
largesse, n. (also largess)
1 money or gifts freely given, esp. on an occasion of rejoicing, by a person in high position.
2 generosity, beneficence.
1 money or gifts freely given, esp. on an occasion of rejoicing, by a person in high position.
2 generosity, beneficence.
Etymology
ME f. OF largesse ult. f. L largus copious
THESAURUS
largesse
aid, alms, bonuses, bounty, charity, donations, endowments, generosity, gifts, grants, largess, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, presents, subsidy, subvention, support
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