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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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largesse 
"gift generously given," c.1225, from O.Fr. largesse "a bounty, munificence," from V.L. *largitia "abundance," from L. largus "abundant" (see large).
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