portion
noun
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it.
portionless
-
a word derived from
portion.
Example Sentences
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Jouberthon, then portionless, who afterward married Lucien Bonaparte.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
And Rotha's bearing; instead of a poor, portionless little girl, she might have been a princess of the house royal, if she were judged of by her mien and manner.
From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
She was by no means portionless, for she lived by her own work, not on other people's, as penisoned court-ladies'-maids do.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
I had no idea you were so—so—in fact, I believed you almost portionless.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
Then you will be left portionless, and what disgrace that will be!
From The Green Forest Fairy Book by Loretta Ellen Brady
