parti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parti
1805–15; < French: task assigned, treatment, noun use of past participle of partir to part
Example Sentences
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But Ozick, however fierce her identification as a Jew, is admirable in her freedom from identitarian parti pris.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Would I end up alone, snuggling up with my parti poodle, Paco?
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2012
France Francis Ponge Le parti pris des choses map Beth Archer Brombert Francis Ponge writes poetry about everyday objects such as oranges and cigarettes.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011
Workmen piled into the mayor's offices, tore up floors, laid wires, erected parti tions.
From Time Magazine Archive
He’d been right about that parti Then it got unnaturally quiet, and he had the sense that a great number of people were looking at him.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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