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portance

portance noun: the manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.

Noun

portance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.
    • […] for in court gay portaunce he perceiu'd, / And gallant shew to be in greatest gree […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    port

Synonyms of portance

Origin of portance

From Middle French portance (“a carrying, support”), from porter (“to carry”), from Latin portare (“carry, bear, convey”).

Questions about portance

What does portance mean?
Portance means the manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.
What part of speech is portance?
Portance is a noun.

Words near portance in the dictionary

  1. portalvenous
  2. portamenti
  3. portamento
  4. portamentoed
  5. portamentos
  6. portance
  7. Portanova
  8. Portanovas
  9. portapack
  10. portapacks
  11. portapak

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