pied
Americanadjective
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having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
a pied horse.
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wearing pied clothing.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pied
1350–1400; Middle English; pie 2 (with reference to the black and white plumage of the magpie) + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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A neo-traditionalist and pied piper for the New York downtown set, Keith and his nine lives most recently turned to Instagram after a stroke impaired his ability to speak.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.
From Salon
I walked down the street like the pied piper, it was awesome.
From BBC
“I took on this odd role of being the pied piper of bocce,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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