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Definition of Poppied
1. a. Mingled or interspersed with poppies.
Definition of Poppied
1. Adjective. Mingled or interspersed with poppies. ¹
2. Adjective. Affected by, or as if by, opium; drowsy; listless; inactive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poppied
1. covered with poppies [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppied
Literary usage of Poppied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"... into the shrub-lined path; and Judith shuts the door—shuts it stealthily,
noiselessly, despite her shaking hands, her shaken soul. CHAPTER V. poppied ..."
2. Peter Stuyvesant by Bayard Tuckerman (1893)
"THE poppied SLEEP, THE END OF ALL, 1863. ONE of Houston's daughters writes : "
How well I remember his look when the roar of the cannon at Austin announced ..."
3. Longer English Poems: With Notes, Philological and Explanatory, and an by John Wesley Hales (1897)
"Prosaically, the epithet poppied should perhaps be attached to sleep, ... [What
does he mean, do you think, by poppied ?] 239. the morrow-day. ..."
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