parti-coloured

British  

/ ˈpɑːtɪˌkʌləd /

adjective

1. having different colours in different parts; variegated

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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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parti-coloured

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

The sun hung low behind the tall, parti-coloured shaft of the Light House, towering smooth and round high above the forest.

From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He was clad in a parti-coloured costume, which was crowned by an exaggerated head of Mephisto.

From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)

The dancing-hall was tastefully fitted up, adorned with blue and green hangings and parti-coloured flags, while over the entrance was suspended a portrait of our Emperor.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von