whit, tittle; spot, dot, point, dab; hair, shaving, paring, moit, sliver, shive, splinter; morsel, crumb, grain, granule; minimum, pittance, modicum, driblet; trace, touch, hint, trifle, tinge, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, Archaic, spice, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam. 2. (of a document) clause, article, provision, condi
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parti-colored, adj. variegated, varicolored, varied, shot; multicolored, multicolor, polychromatic, poly-chromic, of many colors or shades or hues, versicolor, kaleidoscopic; prismatic, prismatical, spectral, rain-bowy, colorful, brilliant, pavonine; marble, marbly, marmoreal, marmorean, motley, streaked, striated, striped; piebald, pied, (esp. of horses) skewbald, dappled, brindled, spotted, mottled, speckled, flecked; checked, checkered, plaid, tartan.
particular, adj. 1. specific, single, certain, special, unique, sole, peculiar, individual; separate, distinct, discrete; exact, precise, explicit, definite, express; pointed, strict, absolute, unconditional.
2. noteworthy, notable, marked, special, unusual, remarkable; exceptional, especial, outstanding, momentous.
3. detailed, minute, circumstantial, fine, nice, thorough, searching; scientific, mathematical, severe, rigorous, rigid, strict, close.
4. fussy, finicky, particular, overparticular, finical, meticulous; picky, Inf. choosy, dainty, Inf. fuddy-duddy, Inf. pernickety; discriminating, highly selective, careful; fastidious, hard to please, critical, difficult; overcritical, hypercritical, overdemanding, overexacting.
-n. 5. item, feature, particularity.
particularism, n. partisanship; denominationalism, cultism; nationalism.
particularity, n. 1. individuality, distinctness, separateness, difference, definiteness, distinction, originality, uniqueness.
2. carefulness, attention to details, criticalness; fastidiousness, fussiness, finickiness, finicalness, meticulousness; pickiness, Inf. choosiness, daintiness, Inf. persnicketiness.
3. brand, trademark, hallmark, stamp, print, earmark; singularity, peculiarity, characteristic feature, trait; idiosyncrasy, quirk, mannerism.
particularize, v. 1. individualize, make distinct, make unique, make original; separate, differentiate.
2. specify, spell out, delineate; relate, recount, narrate, set forth; describe, depict, portray, mention; cite, note, mark, point out, designate, indicate; detail, mention or list in detail, give full account, SI. give or cite chapter and verse; tick off, count off, itemize, list, record, enumerate, tabulate.
3. treat in detail, dot one's i's and cross one's t's, be meticulous, be fastidious, be fussy, be critical; be finicky or finical.
particularly, adv. 1. especially, specially, in particular; singularly, peculiarly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, strikingly, uncommonly, unusually, excessively, surprisingly.
2. specifically, individually, markedly, distinctly, uniquely, explicitly; mainly, principally, above all; only, solely.
3. in detail, minutely, critically, scrupulously, meticulously; fastidiously, finically, fussily.
parting, n. 1. division, schism, partition, separation, scission, cleavage; rift, divorce, split, severance, disunion, disjunction, disruption; disengagement, dis-association, disconnection; fissure, rupture, fracture, break; cutting, breaking, splitting, rending, sundering; separating, divorcing, disengaging, disconnecting.