Largesse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\ (l[aum]r*j[e^]s" or
     l[aum]r"j[e^]s), n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See {Large}, a.]
     1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.]
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              Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer.


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     2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
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              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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  largesse
       n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of
            benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: {largess}]
       2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and
          generous of spirit [syn: {munificence}, {largess}, {magnanimity},
           {openhandedness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "largesse":
     aid, alms, bonuses, bounty, charity, donations, endowments,
     generosity, gifts, grants, largess, liberality, munificence,
     philanthropy, presents, subsidy, subvention, support