| 单词 | to do largesse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do (give, make) largesse (b) Liberal bestowal of gifts; money or other gifts freely bestowed, esp. by a person in a high position on some special occasion. Also (occasionally): lavish or prodigal giving. Frequently in to do (give, make) largesse. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] custeOE largessea1393 largitionc1475 lavish1483 enlarginga1513 effusion1514 erogation1531 dispense1590 profusion1590 Maundy1595 the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberal gift(s) largesse1597 largition1781 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 409 (MED) If thou wolt grace have, Be gracious and do largesse. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 85 Whan it shal be tyme of necessite to make largesse, his hondes must gyue and dispende. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 505 Worshipful he is in larges of giftys. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. biiv For na largese my lord noght wil he neuer let. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 43 Our coffers with too great a court, And liberall larges are growen somewhat light. View more context for this quotation 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 3 Neither can the prodigalitie and largesse of anything bee honest. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 107 The Governor goes in Procession, and bestows his Largess. 1753 ‘W. Bingfield’ Trav. & Adventures xviii. 233 I must beg to remind you of the extraordinary Number of Souls without,..and to intercede for some Largess, and Entertainment for them. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 6 Mar. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 7 Disapproving, as I do, of the unjustifiable largess to the daughters of the Ct. de Grasse, I will certainly not propose to rivet it by a second example. 1830 G. P. R. James Darnley III. xi. 264 The nobles joining in his intent, showered their largess upon their retainers. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 302 The handsel-day belongs to the New Year itself. It is still in full practice in Scotland as a day of largess. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xiii. 97 Largesse, in the form of odds and ends of cold cream and pomatum,..was freely distributed among the attendants. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 256 Your planned benevolence To man, your proposed largess to the Church. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 232 Æneas..then gives to the crews Largess noble of three steers each. 1931 J. Gavorse Suetonius' Lives Twelve Caesars iii. 148 He never gave largess to the soldiers, with the exception of a thousand denarii to each of the praetorians. 1971 H. Wouk Winds of War xlvii. 653 The regal way he held the arms of his chair and smiled at Captain Henry, showed his relish for power and his satisfaction in bestowing largesse. 2012 Independent 23 Nov. 23/4 Council money is not largesse but hard-headed investment in the cultural industries which will be at the heart of economic growth. < as lemmas |
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