portionless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.’

词形变化

more portionless comparative most portionless superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Latin portiōder.
Old French porcionbor.
Middle English porcioun
English portion
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English portionless
From portion + -less.
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