piedness

English

Etymology

pied +‎ -ness

Noun

piedness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state of being pied or particoloured.
   • 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:

     Perd[ita]: For I have heard it said,
     There is an Art, which in their pidenesse shares
     With great creating Nature.

Anagrams

• despines, dispense