pied
adj/paɪd/
Etymology From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
1
Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
2
Decorated or colored in blotches.
- pied coats1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- Meadows trim with Daiſies pide,a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 33:
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Atlas pied flycatcher, Australian pied imperial pigeon, European pied flycatcher, Malabar pied hornbill, pied antelope, pied avocet, pied barbet, pied bat, pied-bill, pied-billed grebe, pied bushchat, pied crested cuckoo, pied crow, pied cuckoo, pied currawong, pied finch, pied flycatcher, pied kingfisher, pied lapwing, pied monarch, piedness, pied piper, Pied Piper, pied-piping, pied plover, pied starling, pied wagtail, pied wheatear, unpied- Related terms
- piebald