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Meaning of PORTLINESS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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