partis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of partis
From Latin
Example Sentences
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Every partis made from the collision of intersecting discs, giving it the surreal object-like quality of a Claes Oldenburg sculpture.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2019
The White Fawn of Nara might never be his, for one so noble and so fair could command the most splendid of partis.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
Somehow, Ninon drew around her all the most desirable partis among the flower of the nobility and wits, leaving the social circle managed by la Marquise to languish for want of stamina.
From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by William Hassell Overton
She glanced around the room and answered that they used to have a good business here, but the good times were gone—"les beaux jours sont partis."
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Arthur Ruhl
He divided the Psalme in three partis, to wit, in a prayer: 2.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing
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