Port″li‐ness (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.
Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.
2. Bulkiness; corpulence.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Port″li‐ness (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.
Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.
2. Bulkiness; corpulence.