name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The magpie. Ireland, UK, regional

   "We teach Blacke-birds, Starlins, Ravens, Piots, and Parots to chat[…]."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.

   "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Piet."

2. 2
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

magpiemagpie

Example

More examples

"Piet really is a walking dictionary."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.

Etymology 2

After Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter.

Related phrases

abstract artprogramming language

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