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porty

porty adjective: resembling or characteristic of port wine.

Adjective

porty (comparative more porty, superlative most porty)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of port wine.
    • Sweet, superconcentrated and high-toned, with a porty flavor of kirsch. This boasts huge material but rather extreme ripeness; tastes as much like dry port as wine.2003, International Wine Cellar, numbers 106-117, page 36

Forms of porty

comparativemore porty
superlativemost porty

Origin of porty

From port + -y.

Questions about porty

What does porty mean?
Porty means resembling or characteristic of port wine.
What part of speech is porty?
Porty is an adjective.

Words near porty in the dictionary

  1. Portus Julius
  2. Portus Magnus
  3. Portuñol
  4. Portway
  5. Portwood
  6. porty
  7. portyanka
  8. portyankas
  9. portyanki
  10. Portz
  11. portzelky

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