different between largesse vs bequest

English

Alternative forms

• largess

Etymology

French largesse, Old French largesce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?????s/, /l???d??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l???d??s/, /l?????s/

Noun

largesse (plural largesses)

1. (uncountable) Generosity in the giving of gifts or money.

   Synonyms: benevolence, generosity, graciousness, boon

   Antonyms: niggardliness, tight fistedness

2. The gifts or money given in such a way.
3. A benevolent demeanor.

Translations

Anagrams

• Glaesers, eelgrass, gearless, rageless

French

Etymology

From Old French largesce, corresponding to large +? -esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?.??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

largesse f (plural largesses)

1. largess; financial generosity

Further reading

• “largesse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• réglasse

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be +? -quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ?ecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?et- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). More at quoth, bequeath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??kw?st/

Noun

bequest (plural bequests)

1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
2. The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
3. That which is left by will; a legacy.
4. That which has been handed down or transmitted.
5. A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

Synonyms

• bequeathal
• legacy
• gift
• donation

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English biquesten, from the noun (see above).

Verb

bequest (third-person singular simple present bequests, present participle bequesting, simple past and past participle bequested)

1. (transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.

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