Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
- noun Money or gifts bestowed.
- noun Generosity of spirit or attitude.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Liberality; generosity; bounty.
- noun A liberal gift or donation; a present; a bounty bestowed.
- noun Synonyms Gratuity, etc. See
present , n.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Liberality; generosity; bounty.
- noun A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
Generosity in the giving ofgifts ormoney . - noun The gifts or money given in such a way.
- noun A
benevolent demeanor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Be sure to call it "largess" if he scatters it among them.
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Be sure to call it "largess" if he scatters it among them.
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But he who has naught can dispense the world in largess; and I, who had naught, gave Kim captaincy of the palace guards.
Chapter 15 2010
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If you mean moving the ball forward in terms of international attention, or in terms of eventually getting recognition and largess from the West for the former PLO (which at the start of the first intifada was exiled to Tunisia), then yes.
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Sure, there are many people who want Griffin reappointed-and nearly every one of them is scared of losing their federal largess from the Constellation money pot.
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Since nothing in The Constitution authorizes the US gubmint to send billions of taxpayer dollars out to foreign countries as “aid”, any potential candidate for the Whitehouse not in favor of such largess is automatically disqualified by the likes of AIPAC and their ilk. little guy
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The future of that largess is in doubt a year into the credit crunch, with the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. adding to the thousands of jobs already lost — and the likelihood that more will come.
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The future of that largess is in doubt a year into the credit crunch, with the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. adding to the thousands of jobs already lost — and the likelihood that more will come.
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Some of this largess is given as strings attached grants to universities; primarily to the U of Texas, U of Tulsa, and Stanford.
Oil 2006
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It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasure.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » On Class Warfare and Income Taxes, Part 1 2004
johnmperry commented on the word largess
cf largesse
July 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word largess
"So, when the bards and the heralds came to cry largess, and to proclaim the power of the king, and his strength, at the moment when they passed by the corner wherein he was crouching, Taliesin pouted out his lips after them, and played 'Blerwm, blerwm!' with his finger upon his lips."
- Thomas Bulfinch, 'Age of Fable'.
September 19, 2009
bilby commented on the word largess
Like a digress, but bigger.
December 14, 2009
mohitanand commented on the word largess
noun: extreme generosity and giving
Uncle Frank was known for his largess, so his nephew was sad when he did not receive a present for his birthday.
October 19, 2016