parti-colored

or par·ty-col·ored

[ pahr-tee-kuhl-erd ]

adjective

1. having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated:

   a parti-colored dress.

Word History and Origins

Origin of parti-colored¹

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

Example Sentences

That poor little woman with the red eyes and the parti-colored hair is the mother of the infant.

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Behind the bowmen strode two trumpeters blowing upon nakirs, and two drummers in parti-colored clothes.

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The cattle in the parti-colored coats are gone, but one who knows the ground can see our picture.

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He was carved in the attitude of marching along a parti-colored pole of gules and silver.

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The priests set up a falsetto chant, the banner-bearers lifted their staves, and the parti-colored mass moved down on them.

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