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English Dictionary: largess	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for largess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
largess n a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously Synonym(s): largess, largesse liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit Synonym(s): munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness
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 [bd]Largesse, largesse, gallant knights![b8] and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. --Sir W. Scott.