Parti
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design.
- 2 Someone (especially a man) who is considered to be a good choice for marriage, because of wealth, status etc. dated
"...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême...."
Example
More examples"...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême...."
Etymology
From French parti.
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