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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

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

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 Alger, William Rounseville

Poem in Praise of Blank Verse" by Aaron Hill, "one of the very first persons who took notice of Thomson, on the publication of 'Winter'":     "Up from Rhyme's poppied vale!

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

He has worked with me daily since at our old task, and I trust we shall labor together till there comes "The poppied sleep, the end of all."

From Prisoner for Blasphemy by Foote, G. W. (George William)