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.

From The Guardian

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

From Literature

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg