Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Portly
portly, adj. [Fr. port, bearing, manners, gait < L. portāre, bear, carry.] (webplay: business, little, shore).
Plump; fat; corpulent; full-figured; well-fed.
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portly, adj. [Fr. port, bearing, manners, gait < L. portāre, bear, carry.] (webplay: business, little, shore).
Plump; fat; corpulent; full-figured; well-fed.
Return to page 45 of the letter “p”.