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Word of the Day for Sunday, March 20, 2011largess \lar-ZHES; lar-JES; LAR-jes\, noun; 1. Generous giving (as of gifts or money), often accompanied by condescension. Four years after her marriage she exclaimed giddily over her father-in-law's largess: "He has given Waldorf the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for a birthday present!" The recipients of Johnson's largesse were understandably indifferent to what propelled him. A swelling chorus has arisen recently to complain that the PRI has been up to its old tricks, showering voters with largesse (ranging from washing machines to bicycles and cash). Largess is from Old French largesse, "largeness, generosity," from large, from Latin largus, "plentiful, generous." | |||||||||
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