parti-coloured
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of parti-coloured
C16 parti, from (obsolete) party of more than one colour, from Old French: striped, from Latin partīre to divide
Example Sentences
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Harder to cope When things got steeper, and a mountain cat With parti-coloured pelt, light on its feet, In a trice was in my face and stayed like that, Barring my way, encouraging retreat.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
Gentlemen showed their legs to an equally startling extent Their clothes were parti-coloured.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Here and there, in open Coaches, Ladies in lilac and blue Dresses, and pink Bonnets, and gay Ribbons, all Manner of Colours, looking, with the parti-coloured Flags over the Booths, mighty lively.
From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard
I still purpose, after this fatal Sunday, to surprise him with the parti-coloured reliques of his childhood, and so of these old Christmas-presents to make him new ones.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
Everywhere crop forth the white hoods of Sisters of Charity, collected in groups, and showing, among the parti-coloured dresses, like beds of chrysanthemums in a garden.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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