poppied
Americanadjective
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covered with poppies
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of or relating to the effects of poppies, esp in inducing drowsiness or sleep
Etymology
Origin of poppied
Example Sentences
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Of course, even after that, the illusion of choice remains – you, player from another land, can choose to opt out of wearing the poppied strip.
From The Guardian
Through a haze of poppied sleep, he saw a soft pink face leaning over him.
From Literature
Adown Lethean streams his spirit drifted, Under Elysian shades from poppied bank, With amaranths massed in dark luxuriance dank.
From Project Gutenberg
The Prince of Pity lay drowsing away to "poppied death."
From Project Gutenberg
So, as a Pilgrim to his shrine, in dreams I rise and go, To find the poppied place of sleep, And the crosses row on row; The crosses carved with names beloved, The crosses white and low.
From Project Gutenberg
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