English-Thai Dictionary

generosity

N ความกรุณา  ความเอื้อเฟื้อ  benebolence kwam-ka-ra-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GENEROSITY

n.[L. generositas, from genus, race, kind, with reference to birth, blood, family. ] 1. The quality of being generous; liberality in principle; a disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors; a quality of the heart or mind opposed to meanness or parsimony.
2. Liberality in act; bounty.
3. Nobleness of soul; magnanimity. [This is the primary sense, but is now little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GENEROSITY

Gen `er *os "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. generositas: cf. F. générosité. ]

 

1. Noble birth. [Obs. ] Harris (Voyages ).

 

2. The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness. Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. Barrow.

 

3. Liberality in giving; munificence.

 

Syn. -- Magnanimity; liberality.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

generosity

gen er os i ty |ˌjenəˈräsitē ˌʤɛnəˈrɑsədi | ▶noun the quality of being kind and generous: I was overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and neighbors. • the quality or fact of being plentiful or large: diners certainly cannot complain about the generosity of portions. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting nobility of birth ): from Latin generositas, from generosus ‘magnanimous ’ (see generous ). Current senses date from the 17th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

generosity

gen ¦er |os ¦ity |ʤɛnəˈrɒsəti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being kind and generous: I was overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and neighbours. 2 the quality or fact of being plentiful or large: diners certainly cannot complain about the generosity of portions. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting nobility of birth ): from Latin generositas, from generosus ‘magnanimous ’ (see generous ). Current senses date from the 17th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

generosity

generosity noun 1 the generosity of our host: liberality, lavishness, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness, free-handedness, unselfishness; kindness, benevolence, altruism, charity, big-heartedness, goodness; literary bounteousness. 2 the generosity of the food portions: abundance, plentifulness, copiousness, lavishness, liberality, largeness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

generosity

generosity noun 1 the generosity of our host: liberality, lavishness, magnanimity, magnanimousness, munificence, open-handedness, free-handedness, bounty, unselfishness, indulgence, prodigality, princeliness; literary bounteousness; rare benignancy, liberalness. ANTONYMS meanness. 2 with her generosity of spirit, she always forgave me: magnanimity, kindness, kindliness, benevolence, beneficence, altruism, charity, philanthropism, nobility, nobleness, loftiness, high-mindedness, big-heartedness, honourableness, honour, goodness, unselfishness, self-sacrifice, lack of prejudice, disinterest. 3 diners certainly cannot complain about the generosity of portions: abundance, plentifulness, copiousness, amplitude, profuseness, richness, lavishness, liberality, munificence, largeness, superabundance, infinity, inexhaustibility, opulence; literary bounteousness, plenteousness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

generosity

gen er os i ty /dʒènərɑ́səti |-rɔ́s -/→generous 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U 【人に対する 】気前のよさ , 寛大さ «to, toward » (!具体例では時にa ～; その際修飾語を伴う ) ▸ one's [a ] generosity of spirit 寛大な精神 ▸ an act of generosity 寛大な行為 2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗気前のよい [寛大な ]行為 .