porteous
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman porteose, portehos, Old French portehors, from porte + hors (“outside”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɪəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɪəs/
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)