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 • Dec. 17, 2025
Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
And when she got pied in the face at a press conference in Iowa—her instant response: “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
I walked down the street like the pied piper, it was awesome.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
She asked him why he needed to know that, and he told her that Doug Swieteck’s brother was in his office at that very moment for having called Mr. Ludema a pied ninny.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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