Portliness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portliness \Port"li*ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or
        of personal appearance; stateliness.
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              Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor.


                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. Bulkiness; corpulence.
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