party-colored

  • 61Pied-billed grebe — Pied Pied, a. [From {Pie} the party colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party colored; spotted; piebald. Pied coats. Burton. Meadows trim with daisies pied. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Pied antelope} (Zo[ o]l.), the bontebok.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 62parti-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,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 63variegated — a. Party colored, motley, mottled, pied, many colored, many hued, divers colored, of all manner of colors …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 64A man of mark — Mark Mark, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m[ae]rke; cf. Lith. margas party colored. [root]106, 273. Cf. {Remark}.] 1. A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 65Mark — Mark, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m[ae]rke; cf. Lith. margas party colored. [root]106, 273. Cf. {Remark}.] 1. A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 66To make one's mark — Mark Mark, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m[ae]rke; cf. Lith. margas party colored. [root]106, 273. Cf. {Remark}.] 1. A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 67piebald — a. 1. Motley, mottled, variegated, pied, party colored, divers colored. 2. Diversified, mixed, heterogeneous, mongrel …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 68particoloured — /ˈpatikʌləd/ (say pahteekuluhd) adjective coloured differently in different parts, or variegated: particoloured dress. Also, particolored, party coloured, party colored …

  • 69Acrocinus longimanus — Harlequin Har le*quin (h[aum]r l[ e]*k[i^]n or kw[i^]n), n. [F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. {Hell} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 70Clisiocampa Americana — Lackey Lack ey, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.] An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. [1913 Webster] Like a Christian footboy or a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English