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largesse
/lɑɹˈ(d)ʒɛs/
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What does largesse mean?
noun
- The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
- Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
- Money, etc., given in this way.
More meanings (4)
noun
- (figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
- An act of donating or giving generously.
- (figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
- (obsolete) Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act.
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IPA pronunciation
/lɑɹˈ(d)ʒɛs/
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The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of “Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!”
That swich a voys was of hym and a stevene Thorugh-out the world, of honour and largesse, That it up rong un-to the yate of hevene.
More book examples (3)
But the woman aforesaid, who was sly and sleek, and somewhat past her first youth, took both her caresses and her buffets with patience, for the sake of the gifts and largesse wherewith they were bought.
The procession was brought to a close, by some dozen indomitable warriors of different nations, riding two and two, and haughtily surveying the tame population of Modena: among whom, however, they occasionally condescended to scatter largesse in the form of a few handbills.
In both cases (he explains) of young man or young woman, the victims were richly adorned in the guise of the god or goddess to whom they were offered, and at the same time great largesse of food was distributed to all who needed.