[Hartwood] Word of the day: Largesse

[doerksen at island.net]

I -like- largesse! I have plans for making more just because it's so  
much fun! (And it's a great way to practice a skill without having to  
let it all pile up!)

Halima
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Sat 02 Feb 2013 09:23:10 AM PST, quoting John Mail <lionsgater at yahoo.com>:

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> liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; also :  
> something so given
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> generosity
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> down payment depends on the type of mortgage involved and the size  
> of the gift. With a conventional loan, lenders require that  
> borrowers contribute at least 5 percent of their own money." ? From  
> an article by Lisa Prevost in New York Times, January 2, 2013
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> The word "largesse," which also can be spelled "largess" (as in our  
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> 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"  
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> "largeness," which has since come to refer to physical magnitude and  
> bulk more often than to magnanimity.