largesse
suomi-englanti sanakirjalargesse englannista suomeksi
runsaskätisyys
lahjoitukset
Substantiivi
largesse englanniksi
The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
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(RQ:Erasmus Newe Testamente)
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons)
(RQ:Ruskin Val d'Arno)
(quote-journal)&93; was invited to the Élysée Palace by President (w) and socialized with the far-right leader (w). He benefited from the largess of the fashion designer Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the business tycoon (w).
''Often preceded by'' do'','' give'', or'' make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
(RQ:Robert Browning Red Cotton)
Money, etc., given in this way.
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2 Q1)
(RQ:Cowper Poems)
(RQ:Dickens Pictures from Italy)
(RQ:Dickens Edwin Drood)
Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
(RQ:Cowper Poems) / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the largeſs of the skies; (..)
(RQ:Tennyson Poems 1833)
(quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=N.S.W. Bookstall Co.|year_published=1932|location=Sydney|page=18|passage=The effect on the company of this wholly unexpected act of grace - largesse of beer from a curate - was electrifying.
(quote-journal)|title=Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues|text=During this period of economic uncertainty, when our standard of living — formerly based upon a larger share of global largesse than we're entitled to — has begun to fall, political and economic hysteria is on the rise.
''Chiefly in the form'' at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act.
(quote-book)|chapter=By what Meanes It may be Shewed, to what Difference of Abilitie the Art of Warfare Appertaineth, and by what Signes the Man may be Knowen, who is Endowed with this Maner of Wit|translator=Carew (antiquary)|Richard Carew|title=Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of Mens Wits.(nb...)|location=London|publisher=(...) Adam Jslip, for Richard Watkins|year=1594|page=225|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/examendeingenios1594huar/page/225/mode/1up|oclc=1063399832|passage=This captaine then falling in companie vvith a knot of Caualieros, and diſcourſing of the largeſſe & liberty, vvhich ſouldiers enjoy in Italie, in a certaine demand, vvhich one of them made him, he gaue him the ''you'' becauſe he vvas native of that place, and the ſonne of meane parents, born in a village of ſome fevv houſes: (..)|footer=(small)|year=2014|section=footnote 153|page=247|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=8H9JBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA247|isbn=978-1-907322-81-5, the editor writes: “(...) ‘The ''you''’ in Carew’s text translates the Spanish ''vos'', used to address inferiors in rank, and therefore fairly disrespectful at the time.”
An act of donating or giving generously.
(RQ:Stanley History of Philosophy)|subsection=Socrates His Epistles, epistle VI|page=63|passage=So theſe loſing the true glory of virtue vvhich every one ought to have, flie to that vvhich depends upon complaiſance vvith others, courting vulgar applauſe vvith Largeſſes and feaſts.
A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
(RQ:Tusser Good Husbandrie)
(RQ:Heywood Dramatic Works)
(RQ:Livy Holland Romane Historie)
(RQ:Defoe New Voyage) I vvould give them three Days, provided, they vvere vvilling to give the Men a Largeſs, as I had done, in Proportion to their Gain.
(RQ:Scott Marmion)|footer=Footnote a at the word ''largesse'': “The cry by which the heralds expressed their thanks for the bounty of the nobles.”
largesse; financial generosity