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party-coloured

party-coloured adjective: coloured with different tints; variegated.

Adjective

party-coloured (comparative more party-coloured, superlative most party-coloured)

  1. Coloured with different tints; variegated.
    • a party-coloured flower
    • 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

Forms of party-coloured

comparativemore party-coloured
superlativemost party-coloured
alternative formparti-coloured
alternative formparty-colored
alternative formparti-colored
alternative formparticolored
alternative formparticoloured

Origin of party-coloured

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

Questions about party-coloured

What does party-coloured mean?
Party-coloured means coloured with different tints; variegated.
What part of speech is party-coloured?
Party-coloured is an adjective.

Words near party-coloured in the dictionary

  1. party women
  2. party-animal
  3. party-animals
  4. party-coated
  5. party-colored
  6. party-coloured
  7. party-crasher
  8. party-crashers
  9. party-crashing
  10. party-crashings
  11. party-cut

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