1638 Sir J. Beaumont in Jonsonus Virbius,When hereto⁓fore, the Vice's only note, And sign from virtue was his *party⁓coat.
1588 Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 776As Loue is..Varying in subiects as the eie doth roule, To euerie varied obiect in his glance: Which *partie-coated presence of loose loue Put on by vs . [ etc.]
1894 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 7/1One finds the drawing-room *parti-decorated: one half is adorned with sporting pictures..the other presents a Scriptural text and other signs of sanctity.
1641 Milton Ch. Govt. i. v.Wks. (1851) 119So was Jereboams Episcopacy partly from the patterne of the law, and partly from the patterne of his owne carnality; a parti-colour'd and a *parti-member'd Episcopacy.
1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 149Though the meat be particoloured, or *party named, yet the ground and meate is Pelo and no other.
1833 Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 162, iii.Parti-total—Some is all.
Ibid. 162, iv.Parti-partial—Some is some.
parti-
"in two ways," word-forming element extracted late 16c. from parti-colored.
ORIGIN: from parti(coloured .
parti-
I.combining form
also party-
Etymology: obsolete English party, adjective, parti-colored, from Middle English party, parti, from Middle French parti striped, party per pale, from Old French, from parti, past participle of partir to divide, go away
: various : variegated
< parti-striped >
II.combining form
Etymology: Latin, from part-, pars — more at part
: part
< parti-mortgage >
I.
also party-
< parti-striped >
II.
< parti-mortgage >