parti-coloured

party-coloured

/ (ˈpɑːtɪˌkʌləd) /

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adjective

having different colours in different parts; variegated

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Word Origin for parti-coloured

C16 parti, from (obsolete) party of more than one colour, from Old French: striped, from Latin partīre to divide

Words nearby parti-coloured

particle board, particle physics, particle separation, particle velocity, parti-colored, parti-coloured, particular, particular affirmative, particular average, particularism, particularity

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How to use parti-coloured in a sentence

The organ gallery gets a strong white light from a row of long windows in the clerestory, which have not even coloured glass.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I smiled at her confusion and complimented her on the banner she was embroidering from a coloured plate.
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The room was built of rose-coloured marble excepting the floor, which was tessellated in rose and grey.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An elderly ‘coloured’ woman said, to no-one in particular, “No, that little boy has nothing to worry about.”
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But Céline has never had a coloured person showing in their collection.
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There was no vivacity in his putty-coloured features, but there were promptitude and decision in every abrupt gesture.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
As they entered, a liver-coloured hound that lay stretched before the fire growled lazily, and showed the whites of his eyes.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
I remember it well; a pale, creamy-coloured paper cover, good type, good paper.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Bright-coloured birds flew about among the bushes, but they had no songs for Alila and the hunter as they passed along.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
For about thirty feet from the ground this was painted in coloured stripes very much like a barber's pole.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike