partis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of partis
From Latin
Example Sentences
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Every partis made from the collision of intersecting discs, giving it the surreal object-like quality of a Claes Oldenburg sculpture.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2019
He divided the Psalme in three partis, to wit, in a prayer: 2.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
The Zulu and Jean le Nègre, upon learning that B. was among the partis, came over to our beds and sat down without uttering a word.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
Though Lord George Bentinck was the handsomest man, and one of the most eligible partis of his day he never married; yet, no doubt, he had many an "affair of the heart."
From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton
She glanced around the room and answered that they used to have a good business here, but the good times were gone—"les beaux jours sont partis."
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur
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