See Also: largesse(dictionary)
largesse(dictionary)

largesse (iou)



largesse noun. Also largess. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Proto-Romance, from Latin largus: see LARGE adjective, -ESS2.]
Liberality, generosity, munificence. Long obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
Liberal bestowal of gifts; money or other gifts freely bestowed, esp. by a person in a high position on some special occasion. ME.
H. Wouk His relish for power and his satisfaction in bestowing largesse. Clive James The..artists who received the largesse of the Whitlam regime seem..to represent a return to insularity. fig.: L. MacNeice The watch-fires glow and spread their red largesse of flames.
b. An act of such giving; a free gift of money etc. M16.
T. Arnold His triumphs were followed by various largesses of provisions and money to the populace.
Freedom, liberty. LME-L16.
? Formerly more fully naturalized: in 19 usu. spelt -ess and with stress on 1st syll.