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

/ paɪd /

adjective

1. having markings of two or more colours

Word 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pied¹

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

Example Sentences

Many units sit empty even when buildings sell out, owing to rich buyers who are just looking for another pied-à-terre or, more nefariously, to money launderers seeking an easy way to wash their cash.

From The Daily Beast

People are still far more likely to buy a million dollar pied à terre in Manhattan than to do so in Oklahoma City.

From The Daily Beast

He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.

From The Daily Beast

For instance: after getting pied, you could taste some of it and make a face that says “Hmm, not bad!”

From The Daily Beast

These men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs.

From The Daily Beast

Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the Pied Pipers of the Republican Party.

From The Daily Beast

A second version of the False Claimant story is found in Le cerf au pied blanc.

From Project Gutenberg

Liszt is a poet, not a chronicler; he must be read as such, and not be taken au pied de la lettre.

From Project Gutenberg

It varies indifferently from a yellowish brown to a pied, and from a pied to a white.

From Project Gutenberg

"No one is fair when hunting the pied-à-terre," I reminded her.

From Project Gutenberg

Cessons donc de nous esbahir s'ils ont un pied en l'air et l'œil en la campagne.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• marbled
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