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Added 9 October 2026

pied

/paɪd/ adjective

Latin root: pica Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pied at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
a jester dressed in motley

Origin

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

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