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poppied

American  
[pop-eed] / ˈpɒp id /

adjective

  1. covered or adorned with poppies.

    poppied fields.

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


poppied British  
/ ˈpɒpɪd /

adjective

  1. covered with poppies

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of poppied

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

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 Merritt, Abraham

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

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

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 Powys, John Cowper

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