Largess Definition

noun
Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
American Heritage
Money or gifts bestowed.
American Heritage
Generosity of spirit or attitude.
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A benevolent demeanor.

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Origin of Largess

  • Middle English largesse from Old French from large generous from Latin largus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French largesse, Old French largesce

    From Wiktionary

Largess Sentence Examples

  • It is still more surprising that the soldiers should have quietly submitted to a reduction in the amount of the donative or gift which it was customary for them to receive from a new emperor, though the civil population of the capital were paid their largess (congiarium) in full.

  • The confused story of Philochorus and Plutarch, by which 4760 citizens were disfranchised or even sold into slavery in 445, when an Egyptian prince sent a largess of corn, may refer to a subsequent application of Pericles' law, though probably on a much milder scale than is here represented.

  • Of course, politics being what it is, the Peace Dividend was spent a dozen times over by as many special interests who felt they were the most deserving of such an unexpected largess.

  • On the 15th of March 1377 the sultan was murdered by the Mamelukes, owing to his refusing a largess of money which they demanded.

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