portyadj.
/ˈpɔːti/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdi/ Resembling port in some way, esp. in being mellowed by time. Also: that habitually drinks port; affected by the consumption of port.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [adjective] > relating to port
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1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. i. 7 The eloquence of that Porty reply was lost on his Client.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 1/3 As an old Academician once said, ‘They [pictures] have got porty by time,’ and of course improved.
1906 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 387 Gout..was suggestive of fine old porty ancestors.
1964 C. Gladwyn Diary 6 Apr. (1995) 306 His rich porty voice.
2003 Decanter Aug. 63/1 Even better was the 1881..—small cop of mediocre, green, tannic wines—with a bright colour and fragrant, truffly, rather ‘porty’ fruit and still quite youthful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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