Synonyms for largesse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahr-jes, lahr-jis |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɑrˈdʒɛs, ˈlɑr dʒɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for largesse Other synonyms for the word largesse
- all heart
- alms
- alms-giving
- altruism
- assistance
- benefaction
- beneficence
- benevolence
- bequest
- bestowal
- big-heartedness
- boon
- bounteousness
- bountifulness
- bounty
- charitableness
- charity
- contribution
- courtesy
- dispensation
- dole
- fairing
- free giving
- freehandedness
- generousness
- gifting
- goodie
- goodness
- grant
- gratuity
- grease palm
- great-heartedness
- hand
- hand-me-down
- hand-out
- handout
- heart
- helping hand
- high-mindedness
- honorarium
- hospitality
- kindness
- lagniappe
- large-heartedness
- largesse
- lavishness
- legacy
- libation
- liberality
- little something
- magnanimity
- magnanimousness
- munificence
- nobleness
- oblation
- offering
- offertory
- openhandedness
- perk
- perquisite
- philanthropy
- pittance
- premium
- present
- presentation
- profusion
- provision
- ration
- readiness
- recompense
- relief
- remembrance
- remittance
- reward
- salve
- souvenir
- subscription
- subsidy
- sweetener
- tip
- token
- tribute
- unselfishness
- unsparingness
- write-off
Définition of largesse
Origin :- also largess, "willingness to give or spend freely; munificence," c.1200, from Old French largesse "a bounty, munificence," from Vulgar Latin *largitia "abundance," from Latin largus "abundant" (see large). In medieval theology, "the virtue whose opposite is avarice, and whose excess is prodigality" ["Middle English Dictionary"]. The Old French suffix -esse is from Latin -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality (cf. duress, riches).
- As in charity : noun generosity, gift
- As in large-heartedness : noun generosity
- As in liberality : noun generosity
- As in magnanimousness : noun generosity
- As in munificence : noun generosity
- As in openhandedness : noun generosity
- As in unsparingness : noun generosity
- As in generosity : noun spirit of giving
- As in gift : noun something given freely, for no recompense
- As in gratuity : noun gift, tip
- The largesse of which he was so prodigal has but an arbitrary and conventional value.
- Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
- All that had been withheld from him, by the mere experience of missing, he was able to bestow with largesse.
- Extract from : « The Lovely Lady » by Mary Austin
- There was a brilliant full moon, showering its largesse over the hills.
- Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
- After the frolic of the largesse was over, the king and queen rose to depart.
- Extract from : « Richard III » by Jacob Abbott
- But what about the clothes and the stately progress and the largesse?
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 19, 1920 » by Various
- I asked; the largesse idea had struck me with particular force.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 19, 1920 » by Various
- Although the minstrel is of too high a quality to cry "largesse!"
- Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
- Valour, troth, largesse, had no necessary connection with Christianity.
- Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
- It meant bribery at elections, largesse at all times and seasons.
- Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- How do the people of Macpherson divide into day and night their largesse of light?
- Extract from : « The New North » by Agnes Deans Cameron
Antonyms for largesse
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