porteous

See also: 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): /ˈpɔːtɪəs/

Noun

porteous (plural porteouses)

(historical) A portable breviary.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].

Synonyms

portuary (obsolete)

Anagrams

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