Meaning and example
a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
The passage used "largesse" to mean a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.438 places largesse in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 67.1% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 67.1%
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Known by
- 67.2%
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
- Known by
- 67.3%
joyously unrestrained
- Known by
- 67.9%
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- Known by
- 66.2%
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Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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