English

Adjective

portionless ‎(comparative more portionless, superlative most portionless)

1. Lacking a portion; especially, without a dowry.
   • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:

     ‘Be assured, if the youth were true, his father who is one of the proudest nobles about the court, would prohibit his union with one so humble and portionless as thou.’