particolored
tiˌkʌl adjective
having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
Also, party-colored.
Origin:
1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party
1525–35; parti variegated < Middle French ≪ Latin partītus divided, past participle of partīre to part. See party
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parti-colored
1530s, from party "divided," from pp. of Fr. partir "to divide" (see part (v.)). The noun parti itself occurs in the sense "parti-colored" from late 14c.
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