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单词 largess
释义 lar·gess
noun
or lar·gesse \lärˈjes, lȧˈ-, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\
(plural largess·es)
Etymology: Middle English largesse, from Old French largece, largesse, from large generous — more at large
1. obsolete : liberality, generosity
2. : liberal giving or assistance especially when accompanied by condescension from a superior to an inferior or from one of higher rank or status to one of lower
 < nor can we make other people like us by a one-sided largess — S.F.Bemis >
 < obtained his post through his old teacher's largess >
3. : something given: as
 a. : a free gift usually given in connection with some auspicious event
  < there was given after the coronation a largess to every man of a silver penny and a measure of wheat >
  or traditional occasion
  < coins for the harvest home largess >
 b. : gratuities given (as for service) especially when excessive or ostentatious : large tips
  < scattering largess at every stopping place >
 c. : aid, support, or other valuables received as or as if as a gift or through the benevolence of another
  < dependent for her livelihood on the largess of a moody lover — Jean Stafford >
  < living on government largess >
4. : an innate quality (as of mind or spirit)
 < from some largess of feeling — Nancy Cardozo >
 < a writer of imaginative largess — Irving Howe >
 < his generosity of spirit, an absolutely natural largess — Harvey Breit >
5. obsolete : liberty, freedom, leave
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