porteous

See also: Porteous

English

Alternative forms

• portesse [16th–17th c.]
• porthors
• porthos
• portous

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)

1. (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)

Anagrams

• outropes