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

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.

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Through a haze of poppied sleep, he saw a soft pink face leaning over him.

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Adown Lethean streams his spirit drifted, Under Elysian shades from poppied bank, With amaranths massed in dark luxuriance dank.

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The Prince of Pity lay drowsing away to "poppied death."

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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.

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