parti-coloured

parti-coloured
parti-colored par"ti-col`ored, a. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly. Same as {Party-colored}. [Also spelled {parti-coloured}.]

Syn: motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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