parti
/pɑɹˈtiː/ noun C2- The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design.
- Someone (especially a man) who is considered to be a good choice for marriage, because of wealth, status etc.
Plural partis
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But, by degrees, watch-chains, necklaces, parti-colored scarves, embroidered bodices, velvet vests, elegantly worked stockings, striped gaiters, and silver buckles for the shoes, all disappeared; and Gaspard Caderousse, unable to appear abroad in his pristine splendor, had given up any further participation in the pomps and vanities, both for himself and wife, although a bitter feeling of envious discontent filled his mind as the sound of mirth and merry music from the joyous revellers reached even the miserable hostelry to which he still clung, more for the shelter than the profit it afforded.
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