parti-colored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of parti-colored
1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party
Example Sentences
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Sunlight splashes in through a wall of arched windows and shimmers on newly installed parti-colored Venetian terrazzo floors.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
At the in-store concert May 1, the ear clothing was relentlessly parti-colored.
From New York Times • May 27, 2011
He orchestrated high- and low-pressure zones by contrasting loosely brushed, expansive areas with the congested central area of parti-colored dabs and dots.
From Washington Post
A vast, parti-colored mosaic, the O.A.U. consists of 34 states fragmented into racial, tribal and religious segments that make the Commonwealth's problems look easy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her hair was gathered in a bunch of floppy horns, sprouting from parti-colored scrunchies.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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