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parti-colored

or par·ty-col·ored

[ pahr-tee-kuhl-erd ]
/ ˈpɑr tiˌkʌl ərd /
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adjective

having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.

RELATED WORDS

motley, psychedelic, mottled, checkered, spotted, variegated, dappled, peppered, studded, varied, assorted, mixed, striped, parti-colored, rainbow, multicolor, polychromatic, varicolored, prismatic

Nearby words

  1. parthian shot,
  2. parti,
  3. parti pris,
  4. parti québécois,
  5. parti-,
  6. parti-coloured,
  7. partial,
  8. partial agglutinin,
  9. partial antigen,
  10. partial denture

Origin of parti-colored

1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party
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Word Origin and History for particolored

parti-colored

adj.

1530s, from party "divided," from French parti, past participle of partir "to divide" (see part (v.)). The noun parti itself occurs in the sense "parti-colored" from late 14c.

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