portionless
adjEtymology From portion + -less.
1
Lacking a portion; especially, without a dowry.
- ‘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.’1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- ‘So my child is portionless,’ resumed the earl, with a suppressed sigh.1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin, published 2005, page 10: