单词 | portionable |
释义 | ˈportionable, a. [f. portion n. + -able: cf. proportionable.] †1. Proportional. Obs. rare.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. ix. 68 (Camb. MS.) Thow byndest the elementus by nowmbyres porcionables, þat the colde thinges mowen acorden with the hote thinges. 2. Designating a woman endowed with a marriage portion or dowry.
1875Paley & Sandys Select Private Orations of Demosthenes II. 162 ‘Orphan-sons or heiresses’, meaning by the latter ‘orphan-daughters’ ‘portionable-sisters’. 1910Blackw. Mag. Aug. 200/1 Prût had carried off a portionable lady of the island on whom Sidd also had cast his eye. |

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