parti-colored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of parti-colored
1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party
Example Sentences
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Sunlight splashes in through a wall of arched windows and shimmers on newly installed parti-colored Venetian terrazzo floors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
At the in-store concert May 1, the ear clothing was relentlessly parti-colored.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2011
The neutral dress sets off the sitter’s pink sash and flowers, her rouged cheeks, the yellow festoon on the stone wall and the wreath of parti-colored flowers in her hand.
From Washington Post
They plunk down with a bang into the arresting gear, while the parti-colored uniforms of her goblins appear and disappear from her mahogany-red deck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her hair was gathered in a bunch of floppy horns, sprouting from parti-colored scrunchies.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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