pied
adjective/paɪd/
Frequency rank: #12,814 most common English word
Meaning
Having patches of two or more colors; multicolored.
Example sentence
The children were delighted by the pied horse standing in the meadow.
Synonyms & related words
- spotted
- patchy
- multicolored
- mottled
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