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PIEBALD
motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
piebald (comparative more piebald, superlative most piebald)
(also used figuratively) Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
(figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.
Coordinate terms
• variegated
Noun
piebald (plural piebalds)
An animal with piebald coloration.
Anagrams
• bipedal
Source: Wiktionary
Pie"bald`, a. Etym: [Pie the party-colored bird + bald.]
1. Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied. "A piebald steed of Thracian strain." Dryden.
2. Fig.: Mixed. "Piebald languages." Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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