Found 2 items, similar to largesse.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: largesse largesse n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, magnanimity, openhandedness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Largesse Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\ (l[aum]r*j[e^]s" or l[aum]r"j[e^]s), n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See Large, a.] 1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]