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largesse

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8 lettersPronunciation /lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/Part of speech nounSorted aeeglrssStarts with LEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

Word origin

From Middle English larges, largess, largesse [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman largece, largesce, Middle French largece, largesce, largesse, and Old French largesce (“breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality”) (in Anglo-Norman also “liberty; privilege”; modern French largesse), from large (“big, large; generous; wide”).

Used in a sentence

  • But the dynasty of the Gothic king is in equity and compassion, and his arithmetic is in largesse.
  • In such case, certainly I would accept / Your bounty: better I than alien hearts / Should execute your planned benevolence / To man, your proposed largess to the Church.
  • [F]or our coffers vvith too great a court, / And liberall larges are grovven ſomevvhat light, / VVe are inforſt to farm our royall Realme, / The reuenevv vvhereof ſhall furniſh vs, / For our affaires in hand […]

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