portance

Etymology

Middle French portance (“a carrying, support”), from porter (“to carry”), from Latin portare (“carry, bear, convey”).

Noun

portance

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 [...].

Anagrams

• Caperton, co-parent, coparent, rent-a-cop

Etymology

porter +‎ -ance

Noun

portance f (plural portances)

1. lift (upward force, such as that which keeps an aircraft aloft)
2. bearing pressure

Further reading

• “portance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• coparent