parti-colored

or par·ty-col·ored

[ pahr-tee-kuhl-erd ]
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adjective
  1. having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.

Origin of parti-colored

1
1525–35; parti variegated <Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party

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How to use parti-colored in a sentence

  • Who ever dreamed of clothing them, in imagination, in dark or party-colored garments?

    Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee Hentz
  • In party-colored varieties the color markings of the male and female are sometimes different.

    Our Domestic Birds | John H. Robinson
  • He is usually party-colored; black, white, brown, and brindle being the colors most predominant.

    Oregon and Eldorado | Thomas Bulfinch
  • The party-colored wheel must revolve very fast to appear white.

    Essays, Second Series | Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • His breeches were tatters, his striped shirt covered with party-colored darns.

    In Clive's Command | Herbert Strang