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[ pahyd ] / paɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pied ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse. wearing pied clothing. Origin of pied1350–1400; Middle English; pie2 (with reference to the black and white plumage of the magpie) + -ed3 Words nearby piedpiecewise, piecework, pie chart, piecrust, piecrust table, pied, pied-à-terre, pied-billed grebe, pied-de-biche, pied-de-biche spoon, piedfort Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piedPeople are still far more likely to buy a million dollar pied à terre in Manhattan than to do so in Oklahoma City. Houston Rising—Why the Next Great American Cities Aren’t What You Think|Joel Kotkin|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew. ‘Dallas’ Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81|Jace Lacob|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the Pied Pipers of the Republican Party. Obama's Campaign Mastermind|Richard Wolffe|November 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST In 1977, gay-rights opponent Anita Bryant was pied in the face by gay-rights activists at a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. The 6 Best Pie-in-the-Face Pranks|The Daily Beast Video|October 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, such considerations of purpose tend to be drowned out by the alluring, sweet-sounding tune of a pied piper. The Man Who Gutted the Ivy League|Edward Jay Epstein|March 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST Then a gentleman carrying a violin case hoisted the Pied Piper upon his shoulder. Mitz and Fritz of Germany|Madeline Brandeis He was approaching the school-buildings, and, like the Pied Piper, had an enormous crowd of small boys at his back. Tell England|Ernest Raymond It was pitch-black; the riding light of the Pied Witch was still there, looking no bigger than a firefly. Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy He looked like an educated gawk, a rural genius, a pied piper of motley followers. Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters What the Pied Piper was to Hamelin town, she is to this school. Cicely and Other Stories|Annie Fellows Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for pied
adjectivehaving markings of two or more colours Word Origin for piedC14: from pie ²; an allusion to the magpie's black-and-white colouring Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to piedstreaked, marbled, mottled, checkered, spotted, motley, variegated, dappled, flecked, maculate, freckled, flaked, dotted, sprinkled, blotched, ridged, marked, striped, striate, tore |