portance
Noun

portance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
      […] for in court gay portaunce he perceiu'd, / And gallant shew to be in greatest gree […]
Synonyms
  • port#Noun 3|port (also a dated/archaic sense)



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