parti-colored
or par·ty-col·ored
[ pahr-tee-kuhl-erd ]
adjective
having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
Origin of parti-colored
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How to use parti-colored in a sentence
Who ever dreamed of clothing them, in imagination, in dark or party-colored garments?
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzIn party-colored varieties the color markings of the male and female are sometimes different.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonHe is usually party-colored; black, white, brown, and brindle being the colors most predominant.
Oregon and Eldorado | Thomas BulfinchThe party-colored wheel must revolve very fast to appear white.
Essays, Second Series | Ralph Waldo EmersonHis breeches were tatters, his striped shirt covered with party-colored darns.
In Clive's Command | Herbert Strang
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