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party-coloured en · ADJ

Etymology

From party (“parted, divided”) + coloured.

Meanings

1. Coloured with different tints; variegated.
   • One after another the parti-coloured fragments of each fragile fabric were strewed over the table, till gradually his hand became accustomed and steady—wall and roofs were properly balanced, and the mimic Babels mounted high in air,... 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 236:
   • a party-coloured flower

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