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Webster 1913 Edition


Largesse

{

Lar′gess

,

Lar′gesse

(lär-jĕs′ or lär′jĕs)
, }
Noun.
[F.
largesse
, fr.
large
. See
Large
,
Adj.
]
1.
Liberality; generosity; bounty.
[Obs.]
Fulfilled of
largesse
and of all grace.
Chaucer.
2.
A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
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.