piebald C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈpaɪ.bɔld/ UK /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/ See IPA manual Freq #149731 Meanings 1 adj Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white. "Well, isn't that just like a girl. All this round you, and you only see a bit of dust. It'll brush off." He patted ineffectually at his piebald shirt. 2 adj Of mixed character, heterogeneous. And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald, heterogeneous and unwieldy. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms piebaldismpiebaldness Related forms piedskewbald Etymology From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”). Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # piebald **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpaɪ.bɔld/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/ **Frequency rank:** 149731 ## Meanings 1. Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white. 2. Of mixed character, heterogeneous. ## Examples - "Well, isn't that just like a girl. All this round you, and you only see a bit of dust. It'll brush off." He patted ineffectually at his piebald shirt. - And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald, heterogeneous and unwieldy. ## Derived Forms - piebaldism - piebaldness ## Related Forms - pied - skewbald ## Etymology From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”). Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown