portance

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noun

The manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.

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port
OriginMiddle French portance ← Latin portare →
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Meanings

nounportance (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.

    […] for in court gay portaunce he perceiu'd, / And gallant shew to be in greatest gree […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: port

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.

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port

Origin

  1. Latinportare“carry, bear, convey”
  2. Middle Frenchportance“a carrying, support”
  3. Englishportance

From Middle French portance (“a carrying, support”), from porter (“to carry”), from Latin portare (“carry, bear, convey”).

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APA

portance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portance

MLA

“portance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portance.

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