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porteous

English

Alternative forms

  • portesse [16th-17th c.]
  • porthors
  • porthos
  • portous

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman porteose, portehos, Old French portehors, from porte + hors (outside).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??t??s/

Noun

porteous (plural porteouses)

  1. (historical) A portable breviary.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
      And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].

Anagrams

  • outropes

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portuary

English

Noun

portuary (plural portuaries)

  1. (obsolete) A portable breviary; a porteous.

Anagrams

  • pourtray

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