Mi-parti
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves. countable, historical, rare, uncountable
"All the colors of the Universe radiate off the walls and floor of this room. The being here is dressed in a miparti..."
- 1 Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale. historical, not-comparable
"They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]"
Example
More examples"They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French mi-parti (literally “divided down the middle”), from Middle French mi-parti, from Old French miparti, past participle of mipartir (“to split in half”), from mi (“middle”) + partir (“to split”); compare medial and party (“divided”). Though the term is mentioned beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards.
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