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Definition of Portliness
1. n. The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.
Definition of Portliness
1. Noun. The quality of being portly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portliness
Literary usage of Portliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Elizabethan Verse by William Stanley Braithwaite (1907)
"... Threatening rash eyes which gaze on her so wide, That loosely they ne dare to
look upon her. Such pride is praise, such portliness is honour, ..."
2. Comparative Physiognomy: Or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals by James W. Redfield (1866)
"Whatever is important in their estimation must come from themselves, must be
derived from their own portliness, and must still be considered as a part of it ..."
3. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1906)
"... the portliness of which it had regarded with especial felicita- ion, irreverently
referred to by a certain critic as "a little, fat, red volume. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"She had a fine figure, in the end a little inclined to portliness. Her complexion
was dark, her features were strong and expressive, and her voice was ..."
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