Found 3 hits - Term: largesse, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
largess \lar"gess\, largesse \lar"gesse\ laumrje^s" or
laumr"je^s, n. f. largesse, fr. large. see large, a.
1. liberality; generosity; bounty. obs.
1913 webster
fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --chaucer.
1913 webster
2. 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. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
see also:
large
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
largess munificence magnanimity openhandedness
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "largesse":
aid, alms, bonuses, bounty, charity, donations, endowments,
generosity, gifts, grants, largess, liberality, munificence,
philanthropy, presents, subsidy, subvention, support
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