Word of the Day: Largesse
PRONUNCIATION: [lahr-jes]
MEANING:
noun 1. liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; also : something so given 2. generosity
ETYMOLOGY: 1175–1225; Middle English largesse < Old French; large, -ice
USAGE: Thanks to their grandparents' largesse, both children were able to go to college.
DID YOU KNOW?
The word "largesse," which also can be spelled "largess" (as in our second example sentence), has been part of the English language since at least the 13th century. It derives via Anglo-French from the Latin word "largus," meaning "abundant" or "generous." "Largus" is also the source of our word "large." As far back as the 14th century, we used the word "largeness" as a synonym of "largesse" ("liberal giving"). In fact, that may have been the first sense of "largeness," which has since come to refer to physical magnitude and bulk more often than to magnanimity.
PRONUNCIATION: [lahr-jes]
noun 1. liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; also : something so given 2. generosity
ETYMOLOGY: 1175–1225; Middle English largesse < Old French; large, -ice
USAGE: Thanks to their grandparents' largesse, both children were able to go to college.
DID YOU KNOW?
The word "largesse," which also can be spelled "largess" (as in our second example sentence), has been part of the English language since at least the 13th century. It derives via Anglo-French from the Latin word "largus," meaning "abundant" or "generous." "Largus" is also the source of our word "large." As far back as the 14th century, we used the word "largeness" as a synonym of "largesse" ("liberal giving"). In fact, that may have been the first sense of "largeness," which has since come to refer to physical magnitude and bulk more often than to magnanimity.
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