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largesse |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\, n. [F. largesse, fr large See {Large}, a.] 1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.] Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. 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. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: largesse n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: {largess}] 2: extremely liberal generosity of spirit [syn: {munificence}, {largess}, {magnanimity}, {openhandedness}]
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