pied

adj.
Patchy in color; splotched or piebald.

[Middle English, from pie, magpie. See pie².]

pied² (pīd)
v. Printing
Past tense and past participle of pi².

(rhymes with pride)

adjective
Having patches of two or more colors; multicolored.

Etymology
From pie (magpie), referring to a magpie's black and white plumage, from Latin pica (jay or magpie). The Pied Piper of legend owes his moniker to his multicolored attire

Detail of a watercolor painting of the Pied Piper made from the glass window of the Market Church in Hameln/Hamelin in Germany:



[Source: Wikipedia]

Usage
"The pair of women came first, one strangely dressed, in pied clothes of three or four eras." — Michael Chabon; The Mysteries of Pittsburgh; William Morrow; 1988.

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length Canada See perche.

A coat color in dogs that consists of uneven patches or spots of color on a white or cream background.

IN BRIEF: Having spots of two or more colors; mottled.

Pink geraniums and pied daisies are growing in my flower garden.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - broget

Nederlands (Dutch)
bont

Français (French)
adj. - bigarré, (Zool) pie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gescheckt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παρδαλός, πολύχρωμος

Italiano (Italian)
variegato, pezzato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - malhado, variegado

Русский (Russian)
пестрый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de varios colores, moteado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skäckig, brokig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斑驳的, 花衣服的, 杂色的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 斑駁的, 花衣服的, 雜色的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얼룩덜룩한, 잡색의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - まだらの, 雑色の, ぶちの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أبلق, أبقع, أرقط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מנומר, חברבר‬

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