piebald

[pahy-bawld] Origin

pie·bald

[pahy-bawld]
adjective
1.
having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
noun
2.
a piebald animal, especially a horse.

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Piebald is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1580–90; pie2 (see pied) + bald

pie·bald·ly, adverb
pie·bald·ness, noun


1. dappled, mottled.

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piebald (ˈpaɪˌbɔːld)
 
adj
1.  marked or spotted in two different colours, esp black and white: a piebald horse
 
n
2.  a black-and-white pied horse
 
[C16: pie² + bald; see also pied]

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piebald
"of two different colors," 1589, formed from pie (2) "magpie" + bald "spotted, white" (see bald), on analogy of the black-and-white plumage of the magpie. Hence, "of mixed character, mongrel." Technically only of black-and-white colorings.
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