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pied

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /paɪd/
Freq #21330

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Decorated or colored in blotches.

    Pied coats.

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Word family
Derived forms pied-billpied-pipingpiednessunpied
Related forms piebald

Etymology

From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.

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