† ˌfool-ˈlargess Obs.
Forms: 4 fool-largesse, 4–5 foly-larges(se, 5 folargesse.
[f. prec. after largesse.]
Foolish lavishness, prodigality.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶740. 813 Men oughten eschue fool-largesse, that men clepen wast. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (E.E.T.S.) 134 The exspensis of folargesse. 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xxvi. 72 He neuer loued folly, outrage, nor foly-larges. |