pied

[ pahyd ]
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adjective
  1. having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse.

  2. wearing pied clothing.

Origin of pied

1
1350–1400; Middle English; pie2 (with reference to the black and white plumage of the magpie) + -ed3

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British Dictionary definitions for pied

pied

/ (paɪd) /


adjective
  1. having markings of two or more colours

Origin of pied

1
C14: from pie ²; an allusion to the magpie's black-and-white colouring

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