poppied

American  

[pop-eed] / ˈpɒp id /

adjective

1. covered or adorned with poppies.

   poppied fields.

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

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poppied British  

/ ˈpɒpɪd /

adjective

1. covered with poppies

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

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Etymology

Origin of poppied

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

Example Sentences

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poppied

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

Young Love lies drowsing   Away to poppied death; 50 Cool shadows deepen   Across the sleeping face: So fails the summer   With warm, delicious breath; And what hath autumn   To give us in its place?

From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Existence passes away in a tropical dream, and death finds its prey, as Jupiter found Maia, "betwixt sleep and wake," in this poppied climate.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

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

From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt

To his dying vision there was indeed a future; but shapes of distrust and shadow stood upon its disconsolate borders; and, when the prospect had no horror, he still shrank from its poppied gloom.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger