poppied

[ pop-eed ]

adjective

1. covered or adorned with poppies:

   poppied fields.

2. affected by or as if by opium; listless.

poppied

/ ˈpɒpɪd /

adjective

1. covered with poppies
2. of or relating to the effects of poppies, esp in inducing drowsiness or sleep

Word History and Origins

Origin of poppied¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; poppy + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Blossoms and grass from blood in battle spilt, And poppied corn, I bring.

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Bodies starve and hearts break, but at last there comes "the poppied sleep, the end of all."

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The drowsy Provence, with its vineyard slopes and poppied fields, warm lighted and still, is akin to Paradise.

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For within the ring, close to the clustering globes, was a miniature replica of the giant track in the poppied valley!

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Behind us our trail was marked by deep, black pits in the forest's green, clean cut and great as the Mark upon the poppied valley.

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