parti
/ˈpɑːti/
Etymology
From French parti.
parti means The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PARTI — [Noun] The essential, governing concept of an architectural design, or a person deemed an advantageous marriage match due to consolidated wealth and status. From French parti, meaning "task assigned, treatment, or side/chosen course." Unlike a "plan" (which details execution) or a "suitor" (who performs an active pursuit), a parti is the generative premise or the static object of valuation. It is the architect's gestural charcoal line dictating a palace's circulation, the whispered arithmetic of lineage and ledger that hushes a drawing room, and the cold geometry of ambition from which all ornament and negotiation must flow—the irreducible logic on which futures, of stone or society, are gambled.
noun
- 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.“...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....”