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lar⋅gess

  [lahr-jes, lahr-jis]
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–noun
1. generous bestowal of gifts.
2. the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed.
3. Obsolete. generosity; liberality.
Also, lar⋅gesse.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME largesse < OF; see large, -ice
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lar·gess also lar·gesse   (lär-zhěs', -jěs', lär'jěs')   
n.  
    1. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
    2. Money or gifts bestowed.
  2. Generosity of spirit or attitude.

[Middle English largesse, from Old French, from large, generous, from Latin largus.]
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Largess

Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\, n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See Large, a.]

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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