† portmentn.

Forms: late Middle English portemente, 1800s portment.

Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French portement ; deportment n.

Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Middle French portement action of carrying something (late 13th cent.), bearing of arms (1314 in portement d'armes ) < porter port v.² + -ment -ment suffix. In sense 2 either reborrowed < French portement (c1265 in Old French in this sense), or independently shortened < deportment n. Compare post-classical Latin portamentum deportment, behaviour (13th cent. in British and continental sources), portamentum armorum portment of arms (1313 in a French source). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtmĕnt) /ˈpɔətmənt/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. portment of arms: bearing of arms; achievement in arms. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > warlike deed(s)

armsa1393

portment of arms1485

enterfeat1550

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. dviij/1 It is not redde..that euer ony man..bare hym so wel and dyd so grete portemente of armes.

2. Deportment.

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

1833 C. Williams Fall River 178 She was a woman of very correct portment.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 141 But be your portment such As breeds no shame to us.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	portment
释义	† portmentn. Forms: late Middle English portemente, 1800s portment. Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French portement ; deportment n. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Middle French portement action of carrying something (late 13th cent.), bearing of arms (1314 in portement d'armes ) < porter port v.² + -ment -ment suffix. In sense 2 either reborrowed < French portement (c1265 in Old French in this sense), or independently shortened < deportment n. Compare post-classical Latin portamentum deportment, behaviour (13th cent. in British and continental sources), portamentum armorum portment of arms (1313 in a French source). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtmĕnt) /ˈpɔətmənt/. Obsolete. rare. 1. portment of arms: bearing of arms; achievement in arms. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > warlike deed(s) armsa1393 portment of arms1485 enterfeat1550 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. dviij/1 It is not redde..that euer ony man..bare hym so wel and dyd so grete portemente of armes. 2. Deportment. 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 1833 C. Williams Fall River 178 She was a woman of very correct portment. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 141 But be your portment such As breeds no shame to us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1485
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