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pied

[pahyd]

adjective

  1. having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.

    a pied horse.

  2. wearing pied clothing.



pied

/ 貹ɪ /

adjective

  1. having markings of two or more colours

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pied1

1350–1400; Middle English; pie 2 (with reference to the black and white plumage of the magpie) + -ed 3
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pied1

C14: from pie ²; an allusion to the magpie's black-and-white colouring
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Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.

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I walked down the street like the pied piper, it was awesome.

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“I took on this odd role of being the pied piper of bocce,” he said.

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Articulate, charismatic and based in the host city of the next Paralympic Games, Frech has positioned himself to be the pied piper of the Paralympic movement for years.

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Smith oozes upside, and he’s passionate about the Ducks — a bonus in that he could be a pied piper who attracts other recruits.

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