"largesse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /lɑɹˈ(d)ʒɛs/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-largess.ogg Forms: largesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English larges, largess, largesse [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman largece, largesce, Middle French largece, largesce, largesse, and Old French largesce (“breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality”) (in Anglo-Norman also “liberty; privilege”; modern French largesse), from large (“big, large; generous; wide”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lai-|*las-}}, {{inh|en|enm|larges}} Middle English larges, {{nb...|largesce, largeys, largice, largis, largys|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|xno|largece}} Anglo-Norman largece, {{der|en|frm|largece}} Middle French largece, {{der|en|fro|largesce|t=breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality}} Old French largesce (“breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality”), {{cog|fr|largesse}} French largesse Head templates: {{en-noun}} largesse (plural largesses)
  1. (uncountable)
    The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
    Tags: uncountable Synonyms: benevolence, munificence Translations ((uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality): шчо́драсць (ščódrascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), ще́дрост (štédrost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 樂善好施 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐善好施 (lèshànhàoshī) (Chinese Mandarin), štědrost [feminine] (Czech), gulheid [feminine] (Dutch), runsaskätisyys (Finnish), avokätisyys (Finnish), anteliaisuus (Finnish), largesse [feminine] (French), largueza [feminine] (Galician), xenerosidade [feminine] (Galician), Großzügigkeit [feminine] (German), dōnātīvum [neuter] (Latin), даре́жливост (daréžlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), велико́душност (velikódušnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ште́дрост (štédrost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ویركی (vergi) (Ottoman Turkish), hojność [feminine] (Polish), szczodrość [feminine] (Polish), largueza [feminine] (Portuguese), generosidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ще́дрость (ščédrostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), štedrosť [feminine] (Slovak), largueza [feminine] (Spanish), ahilik (Turkish), bonkörlük (Turkish), cömertlik (Turkish), eli açıklık (Turkish), mürüvvet (Turkish), semahat [archaic] (Turkish), ще́дрість (ščédristʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), haelioni [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun-b120Gu3B Disambiguation of '(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality': 40 10 11 6 1 5 27
  2. (uncountable)
    Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
    Tags: uncountable Translations ((uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving): haaskaaminen (Finnish), tuhlaaminen (Finnish) Translations ((uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money): avokätisyys (Finnish), runsaskätisyys (Finnish), anteliaisuus (Finnish), haelioni (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun---wO6Ltm Disambiguation of '(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving': 8 39 13 10 4 15 10 Disambiguation of '(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money': 9 51 13 6 3 8 9
  3. (uncountable)
    Money, etc., given in this way.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun-iMZGK1dg
  4. (uncountable)
    (figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
    Tags: figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: bounty
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun-cctwoHyx
  5. (uncountable)
    (obsolete) Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act.
    Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun-OCFUauVG
  6. (countable)
    An act of donating or giving generously.
    Tags: countable Translations ((countable) act of donating or giving generously): antelias lahjoittaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-largesse-en-noun-7XSmbDyY Disambiguation of '(countable) act of donating or giving generously': 3 10 8 10 4 40 26
  7. (countable)
    (also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
    Tags: also, countable, figuratively Translations ((countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way): dar [masculine] (Czech), gulle giften (Dutch), lahja (Finnish), largesses [feminine, plural] (French), elargizione (Italian), по́дарок (pódarok) [masculine] (Macedonian), whakahiku (Maori)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: largess Translations ((uncountable) money, etc., given in this way): lahjaraha (Finnish), largītiō [feminine] (Latin)
Disambiguation of '(uncountable) money, etc., given in this way': 3 6 36 12 2 3 38

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1549 February 10 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1548), Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Fyrst Epistle of S. Paule The Apostle to Timothee. The .iiii. Chapter.”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folio xii, recto:",
          "text": "There is no creature impure or vncleane, yf the conſcience of hym that vſeth it be pure and cleane. And albeit there were any impuritie in the meate, yet with himnes wherwith the larges of god is prayſed before meate and with holy wordes and prayers it ſhoulde be made holy and pure, that before was vncleane.",
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          "ref": "1666 January 4 (Gregorian calendar); first published 1698, Robert South, “Jesus of Nazareth Proved the True, and Onely Promised Messiah. In a Sermon Preached at St Mary’s, Oxon. before the University, on Christmas-Day, 1665.”, in Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, page 378:",
          "text": "But vvhere the Plea of the Receivers is equal, and yet the Diſpenſation of the Benefits vaſtly unequal, there Men are taught that the thing received is Grace; and that they have no claim to it, but the courteſy of the Diſpenſer, and the largeſs of Heaven; vvhich cannot be queſtion'd, […]",
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          "text": "But the dynasty of the Gothic king is in equity and compassion, and his arithmetic is in largesse.",
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          "ref": "2020 February 11, Norimitsu Onishi, “A pedophile writer is on trial. So are the French elites.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-30:",
          "text": "He [Gabriel Matzneff] was invited to the Élysée Palace by President François Mitterrand and socialized with the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. He benefited from the largess of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the business tycoon Pierre Bergé.",
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          "word": "ویركی"
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "40 10 11 6 1 5 27",
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "word": "ahilik"
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "word": "bonkörlük"
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          "_dis1": "40 10 11 6 1 5 27",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "word": "cömertlik"
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          "_dis1": "40 10 11 6 1 5 27",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "word": "eli açıklık"
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          "_dis1": "40 10 11 6 1 5 27",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "word": "mürüvvet"
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          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
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          "word": "semahat"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "ščédristʹ",
          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
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          "ref": "1873 January 23, Robert Browning, “Part IV”, in Red Cotton Night-Cap Country: Or Turf and Towers, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 256:",
          "text": "In such case, certainly I would accept / Your bounty: better I than alien hearts / Should execute your planned benevolence / To man, your proposed largess to the Church.",
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          "_dis1": "9 51 13 6 3 8 9",
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          "sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
          "word": "anteliaisuus"
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          "sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
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          "ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:",
          "text": "[F]or our coffers vvith too great a court, / And liberall larges are grovven ſomevvhat light, / VVe are inforſt to farm our royall Realme, / The reuenevv vvhereof ſhall furniſh vs, / For our affaires in hand […]",
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          "ref": "1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 157:",
          "text": "Yet half mankind maintain a churliſh ſtrife / VVith him, the donor of eternal life, / Becauſe the deed by vvhich his love confirms / The largeſs he beſtovvs, preſcribes the terms.",
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          "ref": "1846, Charles Dickens, “To Parma, Modena, and Bologna”, in Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, page 94:",
          "text": "The procession was brought to a close, by some dozen indomitable warriors of different nations, riding two and two, and haughtily surveying the tame population of Modena: among whom, however, they occasionally condescended to scatter largesse in the form of a few handbills.",
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          "ref": "1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, “Both at Their Best”, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC, page 97:",
          "text": "Largesse, in the form of odds and ends of cold cream and pomatum, and also of hairpins, was freely distributed among the attendants.",
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          "text": "The man to ſolitude accuſtomed long, / Perceives in every thing that lives a tongue; / […] / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the largeſs of the skies; […]",
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          "ref": "1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “To ——”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 2:",
          "text": "I have not lacked thy mild reproof, / Nor golden largess of thy praise, / But life is full of weary days.",
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          "text": "This captaine then falling in companie vvith a knot of Caualieros, and diſcourſing of the largeſſe & liberty, vvhich ſouldiers enjoy in Italie, in a certaine demand, vvhich one of them made him, he gaue him the you becauſe he vvas native of that place, and the ſonne of meane parents, born in a village of ſome fevv houſes: […]",
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          "ref": "1655, Thomas Stanley, “[Socrates.]”, in The History of Philosophy. […], volume I, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, 3rd part (Containing the Socratick Philosophers), Socrates His Epistles, epist[le] VI, page 63:",
          "text": "So theſe loſing the true glory of virtue vvhich every one ought to have, flie to that vvhich depends upon complaiſance vvith others, courting vulgar applauſe vvith Largeſſes and feaſts.",
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          "ref": "1878, Thomas Tusser, “Augusts Husbandrie”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC; republished as W[illiam] Payne, Sidney J[ohn Hervon] Herrtage, editors, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], 1878, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 129:",
          "text": "Giue gloues to thy reapers, a larges to crie, / And dailie to loiterers haue a good eie.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, Thomas Heywood, “The Golden Age: Or The Liues of Jupiter and Saturne, with the Deifying of the Heathen Gods. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood […], volume III, London: John Pearson […], published 1874, →OCLC, Act III, page 52:",
          "text": "Then to our Pallace / Paſſe on in ſtate, let all raryeties / Showre downe from heauen a lardges, that theſe bridals / May exceede mortall pompe.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXIV]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC, page 422:",
          "text": "[T]here vvas good hope that the ſouldiers ſhould have a largeſs dealt amongſt them out of the Kings Treaſure, and be under the command of Captains of better quality, […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1725, [Daniel Defoe], “Part I”, in A New Voyage Round the World, by a Course Never Sailed before. […], London: […] A[rthur] Bettesworth, […]; and W. Mears, […], →OCLC, page 187:",
          "text": "[…] I vvould give them three Days, provided, they vvere vvilling to give the Men a Largeſs, as I had done, in Proportion to their Gain.",
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        {
          "ref": "1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XIV, pages 32–33:",
          "text": "And he, their courtesy to requite, / Gave them a chain of twelve marks weight, / All as he lighted down. / \"Now largesse, largesse, Lord Marmion, / Knight of the crest of gold! / A blazon'd shield, in battle won, / Ne'er guarded heart so bold.\"— […]",
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          "_dis1": "2 6 34 11 1 3 43",
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          "word": "gulle giften"
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miserliness"
        },
        {
          "word": "niggardliness"
        },
        {
          "word": "stinginess"
        },
        {
          "word": "tightfistedness"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1549 February 10 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1548), Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Fyrst Epistle of S. Paule The Apostle to Timothee. The .iiii. Chapter.”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folio xii, recto:",
          "text": "There is no creature impure or vncleane, yf the conſcience of hym that vſeth it be pure and cleane. And albeit there were any impuritie in the meate, yet with himnes wherwith the larges of god is prayſed before meate and with holy wordes and prayers it ſhoulde be made holy and pure, that before was vncleane.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1666 January 4 (Gregorian calendar); first published 1698, Robert South, “Jesus of Nazareth Proved the True, and Onely Promised Messiah. In a Sermon Preached at St Mary’s, Oxon. before the University, on Christmas-Day, 1665.”, in Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, page 378:",
          "text": "But vvhere the Plea of the Receivers is equal, and yet the Diſpenſation of the Benefits vaſtly unequal, there Men are taught that the thing received is Grace; and that they have no claim to it, but the courteſy of the Diſpenſer, and the largeſs of Heaven; vvhich cannot be queſtion'd, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1873, John Ruskin, “Franchise”, in Val d’Arno: Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent to the Florentine Year of Victories. […], London: George Allen, […], published 1890, →OCLC, page 165:",
          "text": "But the dynasty of the Gothic king is in equity and compassion, and his arithmetic is in largesse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 11, Norimitsu Onishi, “A pedophile writer is on trial. So are the French elites.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-30:",
          "text": "He [Gabriel Matzneff] was invited to the Élysée Palace by President François Mitterrand and socialized with the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. He benefited from the largess of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the business tycoon Pierre Bergé.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ],
        [
          "willing",
          "willing#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "donate",
          "donate"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "resources",
          "resource#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "generosity",
          "generosity"
        ],
        [
          "liberality",
          "liberality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable)",
        "The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "benevolence"
        },
        {
          "word": "munificence"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1873 January 23, Robert Browning, “Part IV”, in Red Cotton Night-Cap Country: Or Turf and Towers, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 256:",
          "text": "In such case, certainly I would accept / Your bounty: better I than alien hearts / Should execute your planned benevolence / To man, your proposed largess to the Church.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "generous",
          "generous"
        ],
        [
          "liberal",
          "liberal#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "giving",
          "giving#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gifts",
          "gift#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "standing",
          "standing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "special",
          "special#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "wasteful",
          "wasteful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable)",
        "Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:",
          "text": "[F]or our coffers vvith too great a court, / And liberall larges are grovven ſomevvhat light, / VVe are inforſt to farm our royall Realme, / The reuenevv vvhereof ſhall furniſh vs, / For our affaires in hand […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 157:",
          "text": "Yet half mankind maintain a churliſh ſtrife / VVith him, the donor of eternal life, / Becauſe the deed by vvhich his love confirms / The largeſs he beſtovvs, preſcribes the terms.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1846, Charles Dickens, “To Parma, Modena, and Bologna”, in Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, page 94:",
          "text": "The procession was brought to a close, by some dozen indomitable warriors of different nations, riding two and two, and haughtily surveying the tame population of Modena: among whom, however, they occasionally condescended to scatter largesse in the form of a few handbills.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, “Both at Their Best”, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC, page 97:",
          "text": "Largesse, in the form of odds and ends of cold cream and pomatum, and also of hairpins, was freely distributed among the attendants.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Money, etc., given in this way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable)",
        "Money, etc., given in this way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “The Needless Alarm. A Tale.”, in Poems […], London: […] [F]or J[oseph] Johnson, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], published 1806, →OCLC, page 570:",
          "text": "The man to ſolitude accuſtomed long, / Perceives in every thing that lives a tongue; / […] / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the largeſs of the skies; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “To ——”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 2:",
          "text": "I have not lacked thy mild reproof, / Nor golden largess of thy praise, / But life is full of weary days.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Abundance",
          "abundance"
        ],
        [
          "beneficial",
          "beneficial"
        ],
        [
          "regarded",
          "regard#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable)",
        "(figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bounty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Rocío G. Sumillera, editor (2014), The Examination of Men’s Wits (MHRA Tudor & Stuart Translations; 17), London: Modern Humanities Research Association, →ISBN, footnote 153, page 247",
          "text": "This captaine then falling in companie vvith a knot of Caualieros, and diſcourſing of the largeſſe & liberty, vvhich ſouldiers enjoy in Italie, in a certaine demand, vvhich one of them made him, he gaue him the you becauſe he vvas native of that place, and the ſonne of meane parents, born in a village of ſome fevv houſes: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ],
        [
          "liberty",
          "liberty"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable)",
        "(obsolete) Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1655, Thomas Stanley, “[Socrates.]”, in The History of Philosophy. […], volume I, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, 3rd part (Containing the Socratick Philosophers), Socrates His Epistles, epist[le] VI, page 63:",
          "text": "So theſe loſing the true glory of virtue vvhich every one ought to have, flie to that vvhich depends upon complaiſance vvith others, courting vulgar applauſe vvith Largeſſes and feaſts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of donating or giving generously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable)",
        "An act of donating or giving generously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1878, Thomas Tusser, “Augusts Husbandrie”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC; republished as W[illiam] Payne, Sidney J[ohn Hervon] Herrtage, editors, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], 1878, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 129:",
          "text": "Giue gloues to thy reapers, a larges to crie, / And dailie to loiterers haue a good eie.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, Thomas Heywood, “The Golden Age: Or The Liues of Jupiter and Saturne, with the Deifying of the Heathen Gods. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood […], volume III, London: John Pearson […], published 1874, →OCLC, Act III, page 52:",
          "text": "Then to our Pallace / Paſſe on in ſtate, let all raryeties / Showre downe from heauen a lardges, that theſe bridals / May exceede mortall pompe.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXIV]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC, page 422:",
          "text": "[T]here vvas good hope that the ſouldiers ſhould have a largeſs dealt amongſt them out of the Kings Treaſure, and be under the command of Captains of better quality, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1725, [Daniel Defoe], “Part I”, in A New Voyage Round the World, by a Course Never Sailed before. […], London: […] A[rthur] Bettesworth, […]; and W. Mears, […], →OCLC, page 187:",
          "text": "[…] I vvould give them three Days, provided, they vvere vvilling to give the Men a Largeſs, as I had done, in Proportion to their Gain.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XIV, pages 32–33:",
          "text": "And he, their courtesy to requite, / Gave them a chain of twelve marks weight, / All as he lighted down. / \"Now largesse, largesse, Lord Marmion, / Knight of the crest of gold! / A blazon'd shield, in battle won, / Ne'er guarded heart so bold.\"— […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specific",
          "specific#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "harvest",
          "harvest#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "donation",
          "donation"
        ],
        [
          "gratuity",
          "gratuity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable)",
        "(also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "countable",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑɹˈ(d)ʒɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "largess"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ščódrascʹ",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шчо́драсць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štédrost",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́дрост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "樂善好施"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèshànhàoshī",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "乐善好施"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "štědrost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gulheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "runsaskätisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "avokätisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "anteliaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largueza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xenerosidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Großzügigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dōnātīvum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "daréžlivost",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "даре́жливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "velikódušnost",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "велико́душност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "štédrost",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ште́дрост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "vergi",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "ویركی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hojność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szczodrość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largueza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "generosidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščédrostʹ",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́дрость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "štedrosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largueza"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "ahilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "bonkörlük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "cömertlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "eli açıklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "word": "mürüvvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "semahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščédristʹ",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́дрість"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(uncountable) trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time — see also generosity, liberality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haelioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
      "word": "avokätisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
      "word": "runsaskätisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
      "word": "anteliaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(uncountable) generous or liberal giving of gifts or money",
      "word": "haelioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
      "word": "haaskaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) excessive or wasteful giving",
      "word": "tuhlaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(uncountable) money, etc., given in this way",
      "word": "lahjaraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(uncountable) money, etc., given in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "largītiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(countable) act of donating or giving generously",
      "word": "antelias lahjoittaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "word": "gulle giften"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "word": "lahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "largesses"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "word": "elargizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pódarok",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́дарок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(countable) specific gift of money, etc., given in this way",
      "word": "whakahiku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "largesse"
}

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