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LARGESSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does largesse mean? 

LARGESSE (noun)
  The noun LARGESSE has 2 senses:

1. a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiouslyplay

2. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spiritplay

  Familiarity information: LARGESSE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LARGESSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

largess; largesse

Hypernyms ("largesse" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

largess; largesse; magnanimity; munificence; openhandedness

Hypernyms ("largesse" is a kind of...):

liberality; liberalness (the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament)


 Context examples 


It is a most knightly largesse, and yet withouten money how can man rise?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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