- meant in a negative connotation
largesse
other word formation type borrowing; noun
Abundance money or possessions
Etymology : Old French largesse "a bounty, munificence," from V.L. *largitia "abundance," from L. largus "abundant" [OED]
Source : 10/17/2011- Crude World by Peter Maass “What mattered, at this exuberant moment, was whether the emperor had money to dole out and a subservient press to take note of his largesse.”
Last modified: 2 December 2011