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largesse
(encz) | largesse,štědrost n: Zdeněk Brož |
largesse
(encz) | largesse,velkorysost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Largesse
(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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largesse
(wn) | largesse
n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of
benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess,
largesse]
2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous
of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse,
magnanimity, openhandedness] |
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Fool-largesse
(gcide) | Fool-largesse \Fool"-lar*gesse`\, n. [See Fool-large,
Largess.]
Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Largesse
(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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