Associations to the word «Pied»

Wiktionary

PIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pi
PIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pie
PIED, adjective. Decorated or colored in blotches.
PIED NOIR, noun. Someone of French origin living in Algeria under French rule, especially one who was repatriated to France after independence. [from 1960s]
PIED PIPER, noun. That which draws many in its wake.
PIED WAGTAIL, noun. A small passerine bird, Motacilla alba.
PIED WAGTAILS, noun. Plural of pied wagtail

Dictionary definition

PIED, adjective. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope