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piedness|ˈpaɪdnɪs|
[f. pied a. + -ness.]
The quality of being pied; or parti-coloured.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 269 For their likenesse and vniformity in roundnesse, orientnesse, and pidenesse of many excellent colours. 1635Heywood Hierarch. iii. 142 Superfluous Fare and Pydenesse in Attyre. 1843Tait's Mag. X. 617 By what process goose-berries may be made gigantic, and piccotees enriched with piedness. |