PIET

Etymology

Noun

piet (plural piets)

(now Ireland, UK regional) The magpie.

Etymology

Proper noun

Piet

An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.

Source: Wiktionary


Pi"et, n. Etym: [Dim. of Pie a magpie: cf. F. piette a smew.] (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper, or watter ouzel. [Scot.] (b) The magpie. [Prov.Eng.] Jay piet (Zoöl.), the European jay. [Prov.Eng.] -- Sea piet (Zoöl.), the oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 December 2024

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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”


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