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▪ I. parti-1 (also † partie-), extended use of the first element in parti-coloured, earlier partie-coloured, after which Shakespeare has † ˈpartie-coated, having a party-coat, i.e. a parti-coloured or motley coat. So, in later use: ˈparti-ˌdecorated, decorated part in one way, part in another; † ˈparti-ˌmembered, having members or limbs of two kinds; † ˈparti-named, having diverse names.
1638Sir J. Beaumont in Jonsonus Virbius, When hereto⁓fore, the Vice's only note, And sign from virtue was his *party⁓coat.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 776 As 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.].
1894Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 7/1 One finds the drawing-room *parti-decorated: one half is adorned with sporting pictures..the other presents a Scriptural text and other signs of sanctity.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. v. Wks. (1851) 119 So 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.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 149 Though the meat be particoloured, or *party named, yet the ground and meate is Pelo and no other. ▪ II. parti-2 combining form of L. pars, part-em, part; as in parti-ˈpartial a. (Logic), applied by Sir W. Hamilton to a proposition in which both terms are partial or particular; parti-ˈtotal, in which one term is particular and the other universal.
1833Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 162, iii. Parti-total—Some is all. Ibid. 162, iv. Parti-partial—Some is some. |