portionless

English

From portion +‎ -less.

portionless (comparative more portionless, superlative most portionless)

Lacking a portion; especially, without a dowry.
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
  ‘Be assured, if the youth were true, his father who is one of the proudest nobles about the court, would prohibit his union with one so humble and portionless as thou.’
- 1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin 2005, p. 10:
  ‘So my child is portionless,’ resumed the earl, with a suppressed sigh.

单词	portionless
释义	portionless English Etymology From portion +‎ -less. Adjective portionless (comparative more portionless, superlative most portionless) Lacking a portion; especially, without a dowry. 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra: ‘Be assured, if the youth were true, his father who is one of the proudest nobles about the court, would prohibit his union with one so humble and portionless as thou.’ 1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin 2005, p. 10: ‘So my child is portionless,’ resumed the earl, with a suppressed sigh.
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