Portionless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking a portion; especially, without a dowry.

    "‘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.’"

Example

More examples

"‘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.’"

Etymology

From portion + -less.

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