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 ● Aug. 13, 2018
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.
From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt
He has no poppied or honeyed cakes through which to give the monster sleep or sustenance.
From The Soul of Man under Socialism by Oscar Wilde
She smiled, and shut the book, but seemed unable to speak; as if the poppied enchantment that wrapt the spot had subdued her young spirit to a silence which she could not break.
From Th' Barrel Organ by Edwin Waugh
At such times, it is to the novelists, to the inventors of stories, that we most willingly turn for the poppied draught that we crave.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys
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