parti-colored

or par·ty-col·ored

[pahr-tee-kuhl-erd]

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adjective

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

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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Related Words for particolored

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

Examples from the Web for particolored

Historical Examples of particolored

Two endless streams of people moved, particolored, in opposite directions along the narrow street.
Narcissus
Evelyn Scott
He was dressed in a dark cerise tunic with particolored hose and forest-green boots with pointed toes.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel
Robert Shea
"I'll give it honestly," was all Rose had time to say before Charlie swept her away into the particolored cloud before them.
Rose in Bloom
Louisa May Alcott
Particolored: partly of one, partly of another color: divided into two or more color fields.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
On the occasion of certain festivals, the Indian women wear a particolored dress, called a faldillin.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
J. J. von Tschudi

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.