† portancen.

Forms: 1500s portaunce, 1500s–1800s portance.

Origin: Apparently either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: port n.⁴, -ance suffix; port v.², -ance suffix; French portance.

Etymology: Apparently either < port n.⁴ + -ance suffix, or < port v.² + -ance suffix, or < Middle French portance (French portance) action of carrying (14th cent.), support, favour (15th cent.), or < Old Occitan portança bearing, behaviour (14th cent.). Compare post-classical Latin portancitas (c1372 in a British source). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtăns) /ˈpɔətəns/.

Chiefly poetic. Obsolete.

Carriage, bearing, demeanour (= port n.⁴ 1); conduct, behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing

i-bereOE

i-letelOE

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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O7^v In court gay portaunce he perceiu'd.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P^v A goodly Ladie..That seemd to be a woman of great worth, And by her stately portance, borne of heauenly birth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 224 Your Loues, Thinking vpon his Seruices, tooke from you Th'apprehension of his present portance .

1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems Several Occasions 120 His Steps he rais'd With more majestic Portance o'er the Mead Vernant with Asphodel.

a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) II. 211 The muse herself..a more exalted portance shall assume, and in Britannia raise another Rome.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 504 A good knight errant..with a gentle portance and intrepid heart.

a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) i. 12 Your comely portance filled my soul with pride.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	portance
释义	† portancen. Forms: 1500s portaunce, 1500s–1800s portance. Origin: Apparently either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: port n.⁴, -ance suffix; port v.², -ance suffix; French portance. Etymology: Apparently either < port n.⁴ + -ance suffix, or < port v.² + -ance suffix, or < Middle French portance (French portance) action of carrying (14th cent.), support, favour (15th cent.), or < Old Occitan portança bearing, behaviour (14th cent.). Compare post-classical Latin portancitas (c1372 in a British source). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtăns) /ˈpɔətəns/. Chiefly poetic. Obsolete. Carriage, bearing, demeanour (= port n.⁴ 1); conduct, behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O7^v In court gay portaunce he perceiu'd. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P^v A goodly Ladie..That seemd to be a woman of great worth, And by her stately portance, borne of heauenly birth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 224 Your Loues, Thinking vpon his Seruices, tooke from you Th'apprehension of his present portance . View more context for this quotation 1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems Several Occasions 120 His Steps he rais'd With more majestic Portance o'er the Mead Vernant with Asphodel. a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) II. 211 The muse herself..a more exalted portance shall assume, and in Britannia raise another Rome. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 504 A good knight errant..with a gentle portance and intrepid heart. a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) i. 12 Your comely portance filled my soul with pride. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1590
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