piedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From pied + -ness.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The state of being pied or particoloured.
Perd[ita]: For I have heard it said, There is an Art, which in their pidenesse shares With great creating Nature.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 292, column 1, lines 102-104: